John Sullivan

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John Sullivan (kicker)

John Fitzgerald Sullivan (born January 6, 1985) is a former American football placekicker who played college football at the University of New Mexico and attended Tehachapi High School in Tehachapi, California. He transferred to the University of New Mexico in the spring of 2004 from San Jose State University, where he did not play any games. He earned the starting placekicker job for the New Mexico Lobos his senior year in 2007 and was a consensus All-American. Sullivan led all of Division I in field goals made in 2007. He led Division I with a 2.42 field goals per game average, the highest total since 1984. He also made a school record 18 straight field goals.

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John Sullivan (VC)

John Sullivan VC CGM (10 April 1830 – 28 June 1884) was born in Bantry, County Cork and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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He was 25 years old, and a Boatswain's Mate in the Royal Navy, serving in the Naval Brigade during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 10 April 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea, Boatswain's Mate Sullivan, as captain of one of the guns at Greenhill Battery, volunteered to place a flagstaff on a mound to act as an aiming point. He carried out this dangerous task undeterred by continuous fire from enemy sharpshooters, and his action enabled the battery to open fire on hitherto concealed enemy guns which were doing great damage to some of the advanced works.

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He later achieved the rank of Chief Boatswain's Mate. He died Kinsale, County Cork, 28 June 1884.

John Sullivan (writer)

John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 23 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several popular British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends.

From working-class South London, Sullivan worked in a variety of low-paid jobs for 15 years before getting his first break writing Citizen Smith. However, it was for the sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) that he is best known for. Other sitcoms include Dear John, Just Good Friends, Sitting Pretty, Roger Roger, and The Green Green Grass. In addition, he wrote the comedy drama serial Over Here and the drama series Micawber for ITV, and co-wrote the comedy Heartburn Hotel. His work won him a number of comedy awards, including the BAFTA for best sitcom on three occasions, and he was made an OBE in 2005. His last work was Rock & Chips, a comedy drama prequel to Only Fools and Horses. The final episode of Sullivan's last comedy series aired five days after his death from pneumonia on 23 April 2011.

John Sullivan (Australian politician)

John William Sullivan (born 7 February 1929) was an Australian politician.

Sullivan was born in Narrandera, New South Wales and educated at Narranderra High School, St Patrick's College, Goulburn, Royal Military College, Duntroon. He married Mollie O'Sullivan in July 1955 and they had two daughters and two sons.

Sullivan was a representative for the Division of Riverina in New South Wales in the Australian House of Representatives from 1974 to 1977. He was a member of the National Party of Australia, which was named the Country Party when he joined Parliament and was renamed the National Country Party in the 1975 elections. He narrowly defeated Labor Immigration Minister Al Grassby in the 1974 election, winning by 864 votes. He was comfortably reelected in the massive Coalition landslide of 1975. Ahead of the 1977 federal election, a redistribution dramatically altered Riverina. The neighbouring seat of Darling, one of the few safe country seats for Labor, was abolished, and the bulk of its territory, including the Labor stronghold of Broken Hill, was merged into Riverina. Sullivan previously held Riverina with a comfortably safe majority of 11 percent, but the redistribution erased his majority and gave Labor a notional majority of two percent. Even though the Coalition was easily reelected, Sullivan lost his seat to the former member for Darling, Labor's John FitzPatrick.

John Sullivan (Canadian football)

John Sullivan (born July 28, 1981) is a retired Canadian football player. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2004, but he did not start playing with that team until 2005, remaining at University of Waterloo for his final year of eligibility. Sullivan obtained his degree at the University of Waterloo, and he holds the school record for most all-time tackles. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005. He was named to the OUA All-star team several times. He started every football game in his five years at the University of Waterloo.

He played for the Blue Bombers as a back-up safety for both the 2005 and 2006 CFL seasons then released June 24, 2007.

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Ontario New Democratic Party candidates, 1995 Ontario provincial election

The governing New Democratic Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1995 Ontario provincial election, and fell to third place status with 17 of 130 seats. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information on others may be found here.

John Sullivan (Nepean)

Sullivan is a labour activist in the Ottawa area. Born in British Columbia, he worked on ships and dredges before entering political life. He became active with the Public Service Alliance of Canada at the beginning of his career, and rose to become president of the Vancouver district area council of PSAC. He coordinated the group's political action committee in the early 1980s, and served for three years as a trustee with the British Columbia Federation of Labour. During the 1983 general strike, he served as chair of the Operation Solidarity Coalition in Prince George. Sullivan joined the NDP in 1976, and has been active with the party since then. He sought the federal New Democratic Party nomination for Prince George for the 1984 federal election, but was defeated.