Chris Haviland
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Macarthur
In office
13 March 1993 – 29 January 1996
Preceded byStephen Martin
Succeeded byJohn Fahey
Personal details
Born (1952-02-27) 27 February 1952
Sydney, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
RelationsStanley Haviland (great uncle)
ResidenceWindsor, New South Wales

Christopher Douglas Haviland (born 27 February 1952) is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he has worked as a public servant with the Commonwealth Department of Health, a teacher, a maths tutor and an umpire for Sydney Grade Cricket.[1][2] He was district cricketer in Sydney and Perth.[3] He is a leading activist for party democratisation and is an active member of the progressive Left faction.[4] He is the New South Wales State Convenor of grassroots party reform organisation Local Labor.[5] Since 2014, Chris Haviland has been an active member of the New South Wales Labor Party Administrative Committee [6] and is currently the President of the Hawkesbury Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Local government

In 1987, Haviland was elected to Campbelltown City Council.[1][2]

In 1991, he was elected to the Executive of the NSW Local Government Association.[2][7]

Federal politics

In 1993, Haviland was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Macarthur, succeeding Stephen Martin, who contested Cunningham instead.[1][2] In 1996, however, he lost his Labor endorsement and retired from politics.[8][1][2]

Haviland was also a two-time Labor candidate for the safe Liberal seat of Bradfield. In the 2019 Australian federal election Haviland achieved 33.4% on the two-party preferred vote and a 4.5% swing which was notably the highest swing to the Australian Labor Party in any electorate within NSW.[9][10][11][12] [13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bradfield - Australia Votes | Federal Election 2013 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biography for HAVILAND, Christopher Douglas". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "OurSay - Community Engagement". OurSay. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Kriz, Georgia (23 February 2018). "Chris Haviland – Candidate for Bradfield". NSW Left. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "About – Local Labor". Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "NSW Labor Administrative Committee". NSWLabor. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "OurSay - Community Engagement". OurSay. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  9. ↑ "Bradfield – Australia Votes – Federal Election 2013 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "NSW Labor - People". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Labor announce ex-Macarthur MP Chris Haviland as Bradfield candidate". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Bradfield – Australia 2013". tallyroom.com.au. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "Bradfield – Australia 2019". The Tally Room. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  14. ↑ "Bradfield – Australia Votes – Federal Election 2019 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2020.


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