Tom Bull

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{otherpeople|Thomas Bull}}

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| name = Tom Bull

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| title = Senator for New South Wales

| term_start = 1 July 1965

| term_end = 30 June 1971

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|9|7}}

| birth_place = Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1976|8|11|1905|9|7}}

| death_place = Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

| nationality = Australian

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| party = Australian Country Party

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| children = Richard Bull

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| occupation = Grazier, company director

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Thomas Louis Bull (7 September 1905 – 11 August 1976) was an Australian politician. Born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, he was educated at Wesley College in Melbourne, after which he returned to New South Wales as a grazier in Narrandera. He was President of the Australian Woolgrowers and Graziers Council, 1962–1965, and was also a company director. In 1964, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for New South Wales, taking his seat in 1965. He was defeated in 1970, and died in 1976.{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=bull-thomas-louis|name=BULL, Thomas Louis (1905–1976)|first=Donald|last=Boadle|access-date=21 December 2022}}{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-11-10}}

His son, Richard Bull, was later elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2033 |name=The Hon. Richard Thomas Marshall Bull (1946– ) |former=Yes |access-date=11 May 2019}}

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