Chris Whiting

Christopher Guy Whiting (born 13 July 1966) is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Bancroft in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017, and previously represented Murrumba from 2015 to 2017.[2][3]

Prior to being elected as a member of the Queensland Parliament, Chris represented Burpengary, Beachmere and Deception Bay for 12 years as a local Councilor on the Caboolture Shire Council and Moreton Bay Regional Council. During his time as a councillor he was at the forefront of the revitalization of the Deception Bay foreshore, implementing traffic calming strategies in Deception Bay and initiating the Burpengary Greenlinks park land project. In 2012, he unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Moreton Bay Regional Council.

After his unsucessuful run for Mayor in 2012, Whiting worked in Real Estate before being selected for the preiovuly safe Labor seat of Murrumba, which Labor lost in the 2012 state election. He was successful in this election and went on to serve in the 55th Parliament as the Member for Murrumba. In 2017, after a redistribution of seats Whiting chose to run for the notionally safe seat of Bancroft.

He is currently the Chair of the State Development, Natural Resources and Agricultural Industry Development Committee, and previously served as Chief Government Whip in the 55th Parliament.

Chris graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Master of Journalism.