Dan Bull | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Lisa Baker |
| Constituency | Maylands |
| Mayor of Bayswater | |
| In office October 2017 –October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Barry McKenna |
| Succeeded by | Filomena Piffaretti |
| City of Bayswater Councillor | |
| In office October 2015 –March 2025 | |
| Constituency | West Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labor |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
| Website | danbull |
Dan Bull is an Australian politician who has been the member for Maylands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the March 2025 state election. A member of the Labor Party,he was a councillor for the City of Bayswater from 2015 to 2025 and the mayor of Bayswater from 2017 to 2021.
Bull attended Hale School and the University of Western Australia,graduating with a double degree in law and arts. He was admitted to the bar in 2003 and has worked as a solicitor in Perth and Sydney. [1]
Bull was a keyboardist for the band Eskimo Joe in 2004 and 2005,and was a member of The Sleepy Jackson and End of Fashion. [2] He has also released three solo EPs. [3] He gave up being a musician after the birth of his two children. [2]
Bull first ran for the City of Bayswater council in 2015. He said he was interested in local politics because he wanted better road safety,accountability,trees and nature playgrounds. [2] [4] He was elected as a councillor for the west ward in October that year. [5] [6]
Bull is a member of the Labor Party's Left faction and is aligned with the United Workers Union. [7] [8] He was elected mayor by the Bayswater council unopposed after the October 2017 local government election,succeeding Barry McKenna. [9] [10] He was re-elected following the October 2019 local government election. [11] [12] Following the October 2021 local government election,Bull was unexpectedly defeated as mayor by Labor Right member Filomena Piffaretti,who received the support of independent and Liberal-aligned councillors. [13] [7]
Following Labor MP Lisa Baker's announcement that she would not contest the 2025 state election, [14] Bull was preselected to be the Labor Party's candidate to replace Baker in the electoral district of Maylands. [15] [16] [7] In March 2025,he won Maylands with about a 71 percent two-party-preferred vote. [17] [18] [19]
In 2023,Bull abseiled down Central Park for charity group Cahoots. [20]