Barry Thomas Pullen (born 1 November 1939) is a former Australian politician. He was a minister in the

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and Kirner

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Victorian State Governments, and held the Legislative Council seat of

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in the

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from 1982 to 1999. Pullen has been a member of the Labor Party since 1968, and was in the Socialist Left faction. Pullen was born in 1939 in

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to parents Thomas Pullen, a fibrous plasterer, and Ellen Roderick. He married Margaret Ackerly, and they had three daughters. Pullen attended

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State School, Moreland Central School,

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High School. He studied at

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and

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to become a civil engineer. Pullen was a founding member of the Fitzroy Residents Association and

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city councillor 1972–1976. He was very active in campaigning against the high rise

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flats being built in the 1950s and 1960s. He was employed as survey assistant, draftsman, technical officer, civil engineer and then Victorian director of

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, before being elected to the

in 1982. He was

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from 1988 to 1990. Additionally, he was appointed as Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Minister for the Arts in 1989. In 1990, he became Minister for Education, then

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in 1991, as well as Minister for Conservation and Environment in 1992. After the loss by Labor at the state election of 1992, Pullen became shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Shadow Minister for Conservation and Environment. Later, he served as shadow Minister for Conservation and Resource Management from 1993 to 1994, and shadow

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from 1994 to 1996. He retired from Parliament in 1999,Parliamentary handbook of the parliament of Victoria
/ref> but remained active in the local community and the Australian Labour Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pullen, Barry 1939 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Victorian Ministers for the Environment Politicians from Melbourne RMIT University alumni