Career
He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1976. Sullivan was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He attended Dalhousie University, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1956.
He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Mines, Minister of Public Welfare, Minister of Education and Attorney General.
He resigned his seat in 1976 when he was appointed a judge. Sullivan died in Sydney in 1982.