Christopher Arthur "Chris" Gibson (born 24 May 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Cessnock, New South Wales

Cessnock, New South Wales

Cessnock is a city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about by road west of Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the Cessnock City Council LGA and was named after an 1826 grant of land called Cessnock Estate, which was owned by John Campbell...

. Having moved to Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, he contested the 1989 state election as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 candidate for Denison

Division of Denison (state)

The Electoral Division of Denison is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van_Diemen's Land 1847-55, and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. The division shares its name and boundaries with the...

, but was unsuccessful. However, sitting Liberal member John Bennett

John Bennett (Australian politician)

John Myles Bennett is a former Australian politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and held a Bachelor of Law. In the 1986 state election, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Denison, and he served as a minister from 1986 to 1989. Bennett resigned from...

 resigned in 1990 and Gibson was elected in the countback held on 19 February. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1992 state election.