Dan Sullivan (Australian politician)

Daniel Frank Barron-Sullivan (born 9 June 1960 in Kuching, Sarawak) is an Australian former politician.

Dan Sullivan
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Mitchell
In office
14 December 1996 – 26 February 2005
Preceded byDavid Smith
Succeeded bySeat abolished
ConstituencyLeschenault
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Leschenault
In office
26 February 2005 – 6 September 2008
Preceded byNew creation
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born (1960-06-09) 9 June 1960
Kuching, Sarawak
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberals then Family First Party
Spouse(s)Lee
ProfessionPublic Relations Consultant

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
  1. "Dan Sullivan MLA - About me". 2003. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  2. "Stateline - Sullivan Quits The Liberal Party". 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
  3. "Mr Daniel (Dan) Frank Barron-Sullivan MLA". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  4. "ABC News - Quitting Liberal MP says party in 'dire straits'". 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
  5. "ABC News - Western Australian state election 2008". 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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