--- title: "Chris Rath, Legislative Council member for New South Wales | Politics Computer" description: "Chris Rath is a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, which is elected statewide, and currently serves as Opposition Whip. He was…" url: "https://politics.computer/mp/chris-rath" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [New South Wales](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw-council/new-south-wales) ![Chris Rath](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Rath_2022_Portrait.jpg?width=320) Liberal NSW Legislative Council # Chris Rath Legislative Council member for [New South Wales](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw-council/new-south-wales), [Liberal](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) About ## About Chris Rath Chris Rath is a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, which is elected statewide, and currently serves as Opposition Whip. He was appointed to the chamber on 24 March 2022 to fill a casual vacancy and was returned at the 2023 state election. Born Wollongong, 1989 Education University of Sydney: Bachelor of Economics, Master of Management Appointed to Legislative Council 24 March 2022, casual vacancy Vacancy filled from Resignation of Don Harwin Opposition Whip elected 21 April 2023 Shadow portfolio Shadow Minister for Local Government (2025) Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%5FRath), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026. We don't follow a Facebook page for Chris Rath yet, so there are no ads of theirs here. See who is advertising in [New South Wales](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw-council/new-south-wales). ## Other Liberal members of the NSW Legislative Council [Liberal spending](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) - [ **Aileen MacDonald** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/aileen-macdonald) - [ **Damien Tudehope** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/damien-tudehope) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Munro_NSW.jpg?width=96)**Jacqui Munro** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/jacqui-munro) - [ **Natalie Ward** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/natalie-ward) - [ **Natasha Maclaren-Jones** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/natasha-maclaren-jones) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_Photograph_-_Hon._Rachel_Merton_MLC_-_dated_April_2023_-_(_current_as_at_May_2023_).jpg?width=96)**Rachel Merton** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-merton) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scott_Farlow_MLC.jpg?width=96)**Scott Farlow** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/scott-farlow) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Delia_Lawrie_and_Susan_Carter.jpg?width=96)**Susan Carter** Liberal, Legislative Council member for New South Wales ](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-carter) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chris%5FRath%5F2022%5FPortrait.jpg). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the NSW Legislative Council on 11 November 2026\. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.