Chris Haviland | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Macarthur | |
In office 13 March 1993 – 29 January 1996 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Martin |
Succeeded by | John Fahey |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, Australia | 27 February 1952
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Relations | Stanley Haviland (great uncle) |
Residence | Windsor, 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.
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]
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]