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

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. He was district cricketer in Sydney and Perth. He is a leading activist for party democratisation and is an active member of the progressive

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. He is the New South Wales State Convenor of grassroots party reform organisation Local Labor. Since 2014, Chris Haviland has been an active member of the

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Administrative Committee and a former President of the Hawkesbury Branch of the

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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.

Federal politics

In 1993, Haviland was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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, succeeding Stephen Martin, who contested

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instead. In 1996, however, he lost his Labor endorsement and retired from politics. Haviland was also a two-time Labor candidate for the safe Liberal seat of Bradfield. In the

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Haviland achieved 33.4% on the two-party preferred vote and a 4.5% swing which was notably the highest swing to the

in any electorate within NSW.

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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Macarthur Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1952 births Living people Australian cricket umpires Australian public servants Australian schoolteachers Australian mathematics educators Labor Left politicians Australian MPs 1993–1996 {{Australia-Labor-representative-stub