He was born in Sligo, Caledon Township, the son of John McCulla, who came to Canada in 1849From Strachan to Owen : how the Church of England was planted and tended in British North America (1937) Bull, WP pp. 259-60 and Marie Louise Beatty, and was educated in Ireland and Canada. McCulla married Elizabeth McBride. He served 13 years on the town council for Brampton, serving three years as reeve and three years as mayor. McCulla also served as warden for Peel County. He served as postmaster for Brampton from 1892 to 1923. He died in Brampton at the age of 86.
