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Cullen, a lawyer by profession, was first elected to the Canadian House Of Commons in the 1968 Federal Election as the Liberal Member Of Parliament for Sarnia, Ontario . In 1971 , he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister Of National Defence . He subsequently served as parliamentary secretary to the Energy Minister ( 1972 ) and to the Finance Minister ( 1974 - 1975 ). Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Cullen to the Cabinet as Minister Of National Revenue in 1975 . Cullen moved to the position of Minister of Manpower and Immigration in 1976 , and remained in the position when it was renamed Minister Of Employment And Immigration the next year, until the defeat of the Trudeau government in the 1979 Election . Cullen lost his Sarnia Seat in the 1979 election, but regained it in the subsequent 1980 Election , but he did not return to Cabinet. Cullen was appointed a judge in the trial division of the Federal Court of Canada by Prime Minister John Turner in July 1984 prior to that year's Election , and he remained on the bench until his retirement in August 2000 . |
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