Chris Hatton

For other people named Christopher Hatton, see Christopher Hatton (disambiguation).

Christopher David Hatton (born 15 April 1957) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2013 to 2017, representing the seat of Balcatta.

Chris Hatton MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 9 March 2013 – 11 March 2017
Preceded by	John Kobelke
Succeeded by	David Michael
Constituency	Balcatta
Personal details
Born	Christopher David Hatton (1957-04-15) 15 April 1957 (age 68) Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Liberal

Hatton was born in Perth. He worked as a schoolteacher before entering politics, teaching both in the country and at metropolitan schools.^[1] Hatton first ran for parliament at the 2008 state election, standing against John Kobelke (the Labor incumbent) in Balcatta. He polled 47.7 percent of the two-party-preferred vote, a positive swing of 6.9 points from the previous election.^[2]

Hatton ran again at the 2013 election, at which Kobelke retired. Balcatta had been one of the most marginal seats prior to the election,^[3] and fell to the Liberals after a 9.5-point swing in Hatton's favour.^[4] He was defeated in 2017.