His father was a squatter [clarification needed] and solicitor also called Andrew Hardie McCulloch and his mother was Elizabeth (née Griffin), but further details of his birth are unknown.
He was a Sydney solicitor, having been admitted in November 1867, and also a pastoralist with runs near Canonbar.
[2][3] He held the seat until financial difficulty forced him to resign it in December 1887.
[4] He regained the seat at the resulting by-election,[5] however financial difficulty caused him to resign again in May 1888.
[1] He announced his intention to recontest the seat at the May 1888 by-election,[6] however he decided not to stand.