Barry Pullen

Barry Thomas Pullen (1 November 1939 − 26 June 2024) was an Australian politician.

Pullen joined the Labor Party in 1968 as a member of the Socialist Left faction.

He was very active in campaigning against the high rise Housing Commission of Victoria flats being built in the 1950s and 1960s.

He was employed as survey assistant, draftsman, technical officer, civil engineer and then Victorian director of Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development, before being elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1982.

He retired from Parliament in 1999,[1] but remained active in the local community and the Australian Labor Party.