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 a former 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]