Chris Harris (New South Wales politician)

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Chris Harris
Councillor Chris Harris, City of Sydney Council, 2004.tif
Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office
18 September 2006 – 17 September 2007
Lord MayorClover Moore
Preceded byVerity Firth
Succeeded byTony Pooley
Councillor of the City of Sydney
In office
27 March 2004 – 8 September 2012
Personal details
Born (1951-06-28) 28 June 1951 (age 70)
Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyGreens New South Wales

Chris Harris (born 28 June 1951) is a former Australian politician who served as the first Greens Councillor of the City of Sydney, and for a single term as the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2006 to 2007.

Early life and career[]

Christopher David Harris was born in Wentworthville on 28 June 1951 and schooled at Parramatta Marist High School. He attended the University of New South Wales and graduated with Bachelor of Commerce in the 1970s and a Bachelor of Laws in 2005. He married Kathy in 1972 and together they raised two daughters.

Harris worked in the Commonwealth Bank then moved on to a position in research in the Reserve Bank. After moving into small business, his work focused on campaigns, communications, conflict resolution, and project coordination.

Political career[]

In 2004, Harris was preselected by his party prior to the March 2004 local government election, and was the first Greens Councillor to be elected to the City of Sydney.[1] He served as Deputy Lord Mayor (2006-2007) and in 2008 was re-elected along with a second Greens Councillor, Irene Doutney.[2] Early in his constituency, he took residence in a Moreton Bay Fig tree as a protest against planned removal.[3]

Harris was an opponent of the Sydney cross-city tunnel which opened in 2005.[4] In March 2007, he was involved in a scuffle with Liberal senator Bill Heffernan while handing out how-to-vote cards for the NSW State Election.[5]

In June 2007, Harris fought against the redevelopment of the Carlton United Brewery site in Chippendale, taking the then Minister for Planning to the Land and Environment Court.[6] In August 2007, Harris heavily opposed the security measures put in place for the hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.[7] Harris was the unsuccessful Greens candidate in the 2012 Sydney by-election, and retired from council at the September 2012 local government elections.

References[]

  1. ^ "Greens announce first ever Lord Mayor nominee for Sydney". AAP. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Sydney Mayor backs down after election battle". ABC News. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Debus labels Greens protest a stunt". The Age, Melbourne. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Sydney facing tunnel teething trouble". Melbourne: Sydney Morning Herald. 29 August 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  5. ^ Silmalis, Linda (25 March 2007). "Heffernan thwarts Greens". Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Fight for green buildings". News.com.au. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  7. ^ "Sydney councillor angered by APEC security measures". ABC News. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2008.

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Civic offices
Preceded by Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney
2006 – 2007 		Succeeded by
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