Chris Gulaptis

Chris Gulaptis MP
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Clarence
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2011
Preceded by	Steve Cansdell
Personal details
Born	Perth, Western Australia
Political party	The Nationals
Occupation	Surveyor
Website	Parliamentary webpage

Christopher Gulaptis is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He has represented Clarence for the National Party of Australia since the Clarence state by-election, 2011.

Gulaptis was born in Perth, Western Australia, and graduated with a degree in applied science from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). He moved to Clarence Valley in New South Wales in 1980, and was a councillor on Maclean Shire Council, where he also served as mayor. His service as a councillor ceased when all five local government councils in the Clarence Valley were amalgamated into one council, the Clarence Valley Council, by the then Minister for Local Government, Anthony Bernard Kelly.

Gulaptis successfully stood at the first Clarence Valley local government election in 2005 and served as one of nine councillors. He unsuccessfully stood for mayor of the new council in March & September 2005 and September 2006 and resigned as a councillor in 2008.

Gulaptis contested the seat of Page at the 2007 federal election. Although clearly capturing the majority of primary votes, he lost to the Labor candidate at the time, Janelle Saffin after distribution of preferences. Mr Gulaptis retained his Lower Clarence residence but took employment in Queensland in the interim, and returned to the Clarence Valley when he was pre-selected as Nationals candidate in the Clarence by-election.

References

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Steve Cansdell	Member for Clarence 2011–present	Incumbent