Christopher Stewart Patterson (born 8 December 1971), an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Camden for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2019.
A former TAFE teacher, he later managed the Merino Tavern, and was elected to Camden Council in 2000.
[2] Patterson generated significant public profile between 2007 and 2009 as Camden Council rejected an application from the Quranic Society seeking Council's permission to develop land for the construction of a four-day Islamic school within the local government area.
[3][4][5][6] In 2007, Patterson successfully sought Liberal Party pre-selection for Camden and ran against Labor's Geoff Corrigan, but was defeated.
[8] Patterson was elected with a swing of 21.9 points and won the seat with 68.9 per cent of the two-party vote.