16 Facts About Joe Bullock

Joseph Warrington Bullock was born on 13 April 1955 and is a former Australian politician.

Joe Bullock was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia from 2013 to 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party.

Joe Bullock was born in Sydney and was educated at Trinity Grammar, an Anglican school, and the University of Sydney.

Joe Bullock was a friend of former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and suggested Abbott join the Liberal Party.

Joe Bullock moved to Western Australia and became Assistant Secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association in 1986.

Joe Bullock became Western Australian state secretary of the union in 1996.

Joe Bullock was National Vice-president of the union from 2004 to 2014.

Joe Bullock was influential in blocking Labor support of Sunday trading in WA, which the SDA opposes.

Joe Bullock unsuccessfully opposed changing Labor's policy to support same-sex marriage.

Joe Bullock ran for the state Legislative Assembly at the 1994 Helena by-election, caused by the resignation of former Labor minister Gordon Hill.

Joe Bullock was elected to the Senate as the lead candidate on Labor's ticket in Western Australia, but in February 2014 the High Court of Australia ruled the election void.

Joe Bullock was blamed by figures from Labor's left faction for the party's poor showing in the Senate re-vote.

On 1 March 2016, Joe Bullock announced that he was resigning from the Senate after less than two years in the parliament.

Joe Bullock cited the Labor Party's policy to bind parliamentary members to voting to support same-sex marriage after 2019, among other reasons, for his resignation.

Joe Bullock tendered his resignation to Senate President Stephen Parry on 13 April 2016.

In May 2018, Joe Bullock moved to Launceston, Tasmania and joined the Liberal Party.