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]

Chris Whiting MP
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Bancroft
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 November 2017
Preceded by	New seat
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Murrumba
In office 31 January 2015 – 25 November 2017
Preceded by	Reg Gulley
Succeeded by	Steven Miles
Moreton Bay Regional Councillor for Division 2
In office 15 March 2008 – 28 April 2012
Preceded by	New Division
Succeeded by	Peter Flannery
Personal details
Born	13 July 1966 Mackay, Queensland
Political party	Labor
Alma mater	University of Queensland[1]
Occupation	Media and communications officer, real estate agent

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.

References

1. "About Chris". Chris Whiting's page. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
2. "Member Details - Mr Christopher (Chris) Whiting". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "Murrumba". Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.