Career
McMullin served as a Councillor of the City of Geelong since 2004 and served as a Councillor of the City of Melbourne from 1996 to 1999. McMullin was first elected to the City of Melbourne in 1996. He was later elected by the Councillors to become Melbourne"s Deputy Lord Mayor.
In 2001, following the Victorian Government"s dismissal of the and its subsequent reform, Peter McMullin moved to Geelong where he was subsequently elected to the
With the support of Melbourne and former Geelong Chief Executive Officer Michael Malouf, Peter McMullin was elected to the City of Geelong Council in 2004 and subsequently Mayor of Geelong in 2005.
Peter McMullin was Mayor of Geelong 2005-2006, and remained on the Council until 2008. At the Australian Federal Election in 2004, McMullin managed to secure a primary vote of 36.7% with a swing of 3.2% and a TPP vote of 44.7% to the Labor Party against Liberal Party Stewart McArthur on 55.3%.
In October 2008, Peter McMullin announced his candidacy for Lord Mayor of Melbourne following John So"s surprise decision to not contest for a third term in the November 2008 Elections. In 2010, Peter McMullin was elected President of the Victorian Employers Chamber Commerce and Industry (VECCI).
He had served as Deputy President of VECCI between 2003 and 2010.
He is President of the Geelong Art Gallery. A practising lawyer since 1978, Peter McMullin served as the deputy president of the museums board of Victoria between 2000 and 2010. He was Chairman of the International Comedy Festival between 2000 and 2008.
