Member of Parliament
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1919–1922 | 20th | Avon | Labour | |
| 1922–1925 | 21st | Avon | Labour | |
| 1925–1928 | 22nd | Avon | Labour | |
| 1928–1931 | 23rd | Avon | Labour | |
| 1931–1935 | 24th | Avon | Labour | |
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Avon | Labour | |
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Avon | Labour | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Avon | Labour | |
| 1946–1947 | 28th | Avon | Labour | |
Dan Sullivan represented the Avon Electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for 28 years from 1919 to 1947. During the 1920s Sullivan and Jimmy McCombs led the opposition to Harry Holland within the Parliamentary Labour Party caucus.
Sullivan was a significant Cabinet Minister in the First Labour Government of New Zealand: the Minister of Industries and Commerce between 1935–47, Minister of Railways from 1935 to 1941 and the high profile wartime Minister of Supply and Munitions. He was also Acting Prime Minister from April to July 1944.
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