Rod Culleton
| Rod Culleton | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Western Australia | |
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In office 2 July 2016 – 11 January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Zhenya Wang |
| Succeeded by | Peter Georgiou |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rodney Norman Culleton 5 June 1964 Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Independent (2016) |
| Other political affiliations |
Pauline Hanson's One Nation (2015–16) |
| Spouse(s) | Ioanna Georgiou |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Peter Georgiou (brother-in-law) |
| Residence | Williams, Western Australia, Australia |
| Education | Narrogin Senior High School |
| Alma mater | Challenger Institute of Technology |
| Occupation |
Corporate grain agriculturer (Self-employed) Purchasing agent (AWB Limited) |
| Profession | Farmer businessman politician |
| Website | senatorculleton.com.au |
Rodney Norman Culleton (born 5 June 1964) is an Australian politician who was sworn in and sat as a Senator for Western Australia following the 2016 federal election. At that time he was a member of the Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, but on 18 December 2016 he resigned from the party to sit as an independent.
On 23 December 2016 the Federal Court of Australia held that Culleton was bankrupt. On 11 January 2017 the President of the Senate, Stephen Parry, wrote to the Governor of Western Australia, Kerry Sanderson, advising her that as a result of Culleton's bankruptcy his seat in the Senate was vacant. Culleton disputed the effect of the court's order and claimed still to be a Senator. His appeal against the bankruptcy order, to the Full Court of the Federal Court, was dismissed on 3 February 2017. On the same day, the High Court determined that Culleton had, in any case, been ineligible for election to the Senate due to a criminal matter in New South Wales. The Senate vacancy left by Culleton was later filled by his brother-in-law Peter Georgiou, One Nation's second Senate candidate for WA in the 2016 election, after an official recount.
Culleton was declared as elected as a Senator for Western Australia on 2 July 2016 as the lead candidate on the Pauline Hanson's One Nation ticket during the 2016 election. At the time he had been convicted in absentia on a larceny charge over a vehicle key in New South Wales, but had not yet been sentenced.
On 18 December 2016 Culleton announced on Twitter that he had resigned from One Nation, citing a lack of party support and "un-Australian behaviour". Party leader Pauline Hanson responded that Culleton had been "a pain in my backside" and that she was "glad to see the back of him".
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