Vic Sullivan
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The Honourable Vic Sullivan |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Condamine |
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In office 28 May 1960 – 22 October 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Les Diplock |
| Succeeded by | Brian Littleproud |
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| Born |
Victor Bruce Sullivan 7 December 1918 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Died | 29 January 1993 (aged 74) Caloundra, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | National Party |
| Other political affiliations |
National Country Party, Country Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gwenneth Joan Becker (m.1948) |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Victor Bruce "Vic" Sullivan (7 December 1918 – 29 January 1993) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Sullivan was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the son of James Bruce Sullivan and his wife Julia Ellen (née Brown). He was educated at Downlands College in Toowoomba and on leaving school became a grain, beef, pork, and lamb farmer. He served in the Second Australian Imperial Force as an attachment to the U.S. forces and was engaged in the movement of troops and supplies in New Guinea.
On 8 April 1948 Sullivan married Gwenneth Joan Becker and together had a two sons and a daughter. His daughter died in 1970 in an automobile accident. He died from a heart attack while surfing at Caloundra in January 1993.
At the 1960 Queensland state election, Sullivan won the seat of Condamine for the Country Party, defeating the sitting member, Les Diplock of the Queensland Labor Party. He had a long career in the Queensland Parliament and retired at the 1983 Queensland state election.
In July 1982 he and fellow National Party member and ministerial colleague, Ken Tomkins, were involved in a scandal that came to be known as the Melbidir affair. They were on a tour in the government vessel the Melbidir to examine the conditions of Aboriginal communities in the Torres Strait islands when they were photographed from a plane flying overhead leisurely fishing from the vessel. Both men were reluctantly forced to resign from cabinet with Sullivan sitting as an Independent for the rest of his political career.
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