- Dan Sullivan (politician)
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Dan Sullivan Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for MitchellIn office
14 December 1996 – 26 February 2005Preceded by David Smith Succeeded by Seat abolished Constituency Leschenault Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for LeschenaultIn office
26 February 2005 – 6 September 2008Preceded by New creation Succeeded by Seat abolished Personal details Born 9 June 1960
Kuching, SarawakNationality Australian Political party Liberals then Family First Party Spouse(s) Lee Profession Public Relations Consultant Daniel "Dan" Frank Barron-Sullivan (born 9 June 1960 in Kuching, Sarawak) is an Australian former politician.
Political career
He was a Liberal member and later an independent member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Mitchell now known as the electorate of Leschenault from December 1996 to September 2008.[1] From 2001 to 2005, Sullivan was the Western Australian Liberal deputy leader, under the leadership of briefly Richard Court and then Colin Barnett. [2][3]
Sullivan quit the Liberal Party in 2008 after losing his seat in an electoral redistribution and expressed dissatisfaction with current Liberal party leader Troy Buswell. On 20 June 2008, he created a new party by merging with the WA Family First party to create the WAFamilyFirst.com Party (the 'new' party continued to operate as the WA branch of Family First, Australia).[4]
In the 2008 election, Sullivan ran for the South-West Region seat in the Legislative Council but only managed to attract 3% of the vote, and consequently was unsuccessful in his attempt to get reelected.[5]
References
- ^ "Dan Sullivan MLA - About me". 2003. http://www.dansullivan.net/about.html. Retrieved 2008-04-10.[dead link]
- ^ "Stateline - Sullivan Quits The Liberal Party". 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s2173354.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ "Mr Daniel (Dan) Frank Barron-Sullivan MLA". Parliament of Western Australia. http://parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Barron-Sullivan,+Daniel+(Dan)+Frank?opendocument. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "ABC News - Quitting Liberal MP says party in 'dire straits'". 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/23/2170621.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ "ABC News - Western Australian state election 2008". 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2008/guide/swes.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
Categories:- 1960 births
- Living people
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- Independent politicians in Australia
- Family First Party politicians
- Western Australian Liberal politicians
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