Stanley Haviland

Stanley Haviland
4th Under Secretary for Local Government
In office
5 October 1946 – 21 September 1960
MinisterJoseph Cahill
Jack Renshaw
Pat Hills
Preceded byHenry Eastwood Street
Succeeded byJohn Thomas Monaghan
9th President of the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board
In office
23 September 1960 – 22 September 1965
Vice PresidentWilliam Gordon Mathieson
Edwin James Walder
Preceded byJohn Goodsell
Succeeded byEdwin James Walder
Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee
In office
2 December 1954 – 14 March 1961
1st Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust
In office
14 March 1961 – 1 May 1969
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded bySir Philip Baxter
Personal details
Born(1899-04-13)13 April 1899
Kogarah, Colony of New South Wales
Died2 June 1972(1972-06-02) (aged 73)
Kingsgrove, New South Wales, Australia
Resting placeWoronora Memorial Park
SpouseFlorence Mary Nunn (m. 1920, d. 1971)
RelationsChris Haviland (grandnephew)
ChildrenInnes Stanley Haviland MBE (1920–1990)
ProfessionPublic servant

Stanley Haviland CBE (13 April 1899 – 2 June 1972) was a New South Wales public servant who served as Under Secretary of the Department of Local Government from 1946 to 1960, and was President of the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board from 1960 to 1965. He was also prominent in the development and initiation of the Sydney Opera House as Chairman of the Opera House Executive Committee and the Sydney Opera House Trust from 1954 to 1969.