Chris Haviland

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] He was district cricketer in Sydney and Perth.[2] He a leading activist for party democratisation and is an active member of the progressive Left faction.[3] He is the New South Wales State Convenor of grassroots party reform organisation Local Labor.[4]

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
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
ResidenceAsquith

Local government

In 1987 Haviland was elected to Campbelltown City Council.

In 1991 he was elected to the Executive of the NSW Local Government Association.[5]

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. In 1996, however, he lost his Labor endorsement and retired from politics.[6]

Haviland is a two-time Labor candidate for the safe Liberal seat of Bradfield. In 2013 Haviland achieved 29.2 percent of the two-party vote.[7][8][9][10] and he was the candidate for the 2019 Australian federal election.[11][12]

References
  1. "Bradfield - Australia Votes | Federal Election 2013 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. "OurSay - Community Engagement". OurSay. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. 23 February, Georgia Kriz 101sc on; 2018. "Chris Haviland – Candidate for Bradfield". NSW Left. Retrieved 4 January 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "About – Local Labor". Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. "OurSay - Community Engagement". OurSay. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  7. "Bradfield – Australia Votes – Federal Election 2013 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Labor announce ex-Macarthur MP Chris Haviland as Bradfield candidate". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  10. "Bradfield – Australia 2013". tallyroom.com.au. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  11. "Bradfield – Australia 2019". The Tally Room. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  12. . Australian Broadcasting Corporation Bradfield – Australia Votes – Federal Election 2019 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2019/guide/brfd/title= Bradfield – Australia Votes – Federal Election 2019 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 24 April 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Stephen Martin		 Member for Macarthur
1993–1996		 Succeeded by
John Fahey


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