Roy Cullen

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Hon. Roy Cullen
Roy Cullen
Member of Parliament
for Etobicoke North
Incumbent
Assumed office 
By-election: March 25, 1996
Preceded by Roy MacLaren
Born December 31, 1944 (1944-12-31) (age 63)
Montreal, Quebec
Political party Liberal
Spouse Ethne Cullen
Residence Toronto
Profession Chartered accountant
Religion Anglican

Roy Cullen, PC , MP , BA , MPA , CA (born December 31, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Etobicoke North in the Canadian House of Commons. He was first elected in a by-election in 1996 and was subsequently re-elected in the 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2006 general elections.

He was elected and served as Chair of the Ontario Liberal Caucus from 1998 to 1999. In 1999 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, and was re-appointed following the 2000 general election. In February of 2004, Mr. Cullen was elected Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, and on July 20th, 2004, Mr. Cullen was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

In June 2002, he was appointed to the Prime Minister's Task Force on Canada/U.S. Relations and to the newly-formed Standing Committee for Government Operations and Estimates. In December 2002, he was asked to co-chair the Subcommittee on Public Service Renewal. He also chaired the Liberal caucus Sub-Committee on Corporate Governance.

In the leadership contest called to replace Paul Martin as leader of the Liberal Party, he initially supported Maurizio Bevilacqua and subsequently supported Michael Ignatieff when Bevilacqua withdrew from the race.

In opposition, Cullen broke with the Liberal caucus in 2007 to vote with Stephen Harper's Conservative Government in favour of extending Canada's NATO-authorized combat mission in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. In 2008, Cullen also received publicity for allegedly stating in Caucus that he would defy Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion's whip by voting again with the Conservative Government in further extending the combat mission indefintely. This report was denied by Cullen. Cullen announced on February 21, 2008 that he will not run in the next general election.

Prior to his first election to the House of Commons, Mr. Cullen was formerly a Vice-President of the Noranda Forest Group (now Norbord), and served as an Assistant Deputy Minister in the British Columbia Ministry of Forests. He was very active in the Salvation Army, Rotary International and the United Way.

Cullen earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Bishop's University and his Master of Public Administration from the University of Victoria. He is a Chartered Accountant. He is married to Ethne Cullen and has one son, Peter.

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Preceded by
Roy MacLaren		 Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North
1996-		 Succeeded by
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