Education
Cull attended Newington College (1962–1969), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House.
Cull attended Newington College (1962–1969), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House.
He owned and ran a large grain property at Curlewis for much of his career. In the early 1980s, he also opened a franchise business called New England Retailing, operating four franchises of national chains in Armidale and Tamworth. After leaving the cattle business in the early 1990s, he owned and ran the Angus and Robertson book store in Tamworth.
Cull faced two strong independent challenges from the sometimes controversial James Treloar, the Mayor of Tamworth who was Windsor"s endorsed successor, and Tamworth councillor Warren Woodley.
He faced a new independent challenge in the general election in 2003 in the form of former Hazelton Airlines executive Peter Draper, who had the strong endorsement of Windsor and popular state independent Richard Torbay.
A long-time member of the National Party, Cull was preselected at the party"s candidate for the 2001 by-election, sparked by the successful move from state to federal politics by conservative independent Tony Windsor.