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 New South Wales Labor Party Administrative Committee and is currently the 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 Macarthur, 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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