Chris Rath
Chris Rath | |
|---|---|
| Opposition Whip in the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 21 April 2023 | |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Don Harwin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1989 (age 36) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia |
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse |
Patrick Wynne (m. 2025) |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Christopher Dennis Rath is an Australian politician who currently serves as the Opposition Whip in the New South Wales Legislative Council.
He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 24 March 2022 to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Don Harwin. He was successful in contesting a further eight-year term in the 2023 New South Wales state election, then also being elected as the Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council on 21 April 2023. Rath is a member of the Liberal Party. In 2024, Rath was appointed Shadow Special Minister of State and in 2025 was appointed as Shadow Minister for Local Government in Mark Speakman's Shadow Ministry.
He is one of the two openly LGBTI Liberal Party members of the NSW Parliament, as of 2023. In his role as a Member of the Legislative Council, he has advocated for free market principles, liberal industrial relations reform and structural changes to taxation.