Andrew Hardie McCulloch (28 May 1908) was an Australian solicitor and politician. His father was a squatter and

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also called Andrew Hardie McCulloch and his mother was Elizabeth , but further details of his birth are unknown. He was a

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solicitor, having been admitted in November 1867, and also a pastoralist with runs near Canonbar. He was elected to the

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for Central Cumberland at the 1877 election. He held the seat until financial difficulty forced him to resign it in December 1887. He regained the seat at the resulting by-election, however financial difficulty caused him to resign again in May 1888. He announced his intention to recontest the seat at the May 1888 by-election, however he decided not to stand. He was struck off the roll of solicitors on 29 May 1888. The

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records his date of death as 8 May 1908, however the death notice published in The Argus lists McCulloch as dying at

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on 28 May 1908, aged 63 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCulloch, Andrew Year of birth unknown 1908 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians Disbarred lawyers