Chris Elenor
Chris Elenor was Ray Harrison’s son-in-law. Ray came into Chris’s world when, as a migrant Pom, he took up with Ray’s eldest daughter, Paula Harrison. Chris quickly became enmeshed in the extended and extensive networks of Ray and Joan Harrison’s family, the Communist Party of Australia and the wider left movement. Chris joined the ‘Left Tendency’ in the Party in 1974 and in the recent period was elected to the SEARCH Foundation committee. In 2005 Chris helped Ray write the story of his post-war working and political life for the online publication Vintage Reds. This biography is largely informed by Ray telling his own story. When Ray left Liverpool, he lived with Paula and Chris for five years before moving to aged care.[1]
"50 Years of Solidarity between FRETILIN and SEARCH"
Bob Boughton and Luke Whitington organized "50 Years of Solidarity between FRETILIN and the SEARCH Foundation" at the Maritime Union of Australia Building Sussex St. Sydney February 6, 2025.
Attendees included Chris Elenor, David Pink, Adam Connor, Imogen Rees.
"After the Referendum"
SEARCH Foundation Voice Truth Treaty Working Group (2024) published "After the Referendum: Learning from the fight for justice for Australia’s First Nations people" in December 2024.
Editorial Collective of the SEARCH Foundation Voice Truth Treaty Working Group: Jane Durie, Chris Elenor, Geoff Evans, Frank Panucci, Stephen Rix, Greg Strickland, Edward Tilton.
Other contributors to the publication:
Sam Altman, Martha Ansara, Ben Bartlett, Jim Crosthwaite, Deborah Durnan, Adam Farrar, Adrian Graves, Deborah Hartman, Paul Kaplan, Bob Makinson, Penny Sara, Rebecca Thompson, plus other activists and First Nations people who prefer not to be named.[2]
SEARCH National Members Forum, 2024 attendees
Left to right Pranavan Prakash, Bart Shteinman, Billy Fay, Sam Alexander-Prideaux, Imogen Rees, Chris Elenor, David Pink, Callum Whaites, Shann Turnbull, Marcus Strom, Don Sutherland, Elliot D'Arcy, Brian Aarons, Peter Murphy, Richard Walsham, Pat Ranald, Gerard Buttigieg, Chris Warren, Jacqueline Widin, Iacovos Digenis.
SEARCH Foundation 2015 AGM
Sydney members who attended the SEARCH Foundation 2015 AGM included Brian Aarons, Sam Altman, Linda Burnett, Graham Chuck, Steve Cooper, Graham Drew, Chris Elenor, Adrian Graves, Ray Harrison, Tony Hawkins, Russ Hermann, Winton Higgins, Ron Marriott, Tom McDonald, Audrey McDonald, Daren McDonald, David Mendelssohn, Peter Murphy, Warwick Neilley, Declan O'Byrne, David Pink, Oliver Plunkett, John Poulos, Pat Ranald, Mark Stevens, Don Sutherland, Casey Thompson, Sally Trevena, Mick Tubbs, Richard Walsham, Jacqueline Widin, Lindsay Wood.
SEARCH Environment Committee
SEARCH News September 2015 Sam Altman, Steve Bolt, Drew Hutton, Bob Makinson, David McKnight, Paul Norton, Jacqueline Widin, Brian Aarons, Vicki Findlay, Sally Trevena, Chris Elenor, and Adrian Graves.
SEARCH Foundation
In 2013, Chris Elenor was Treasurer of the SEARCH Foundation.
2010 board run
Uniday Pty Ltd Board
Directors Chris Elenor Tony Hawkins, Sally Trevena, Carmen Blanco, Brian Aarons, Jo Kerr
Background
Chris Elenor joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1975 and was elected to the SEARCH Foundation Committee in 2008 – 11.
He has been involved in labour movement campaigns around indigenous rights, precarious work, occupational health and safety, public transport, privatisation and sustainable water, energy and forests.
In international work he has supported the progressive forces in Timor Leste and Zimbabwe. He has also been involved in leading the work of community organisations such as Down Syndrome NSW, the Redfern Legal Centre and the Strathfield Symphony Orchestra. He is currently employed at the NSW Council of Social Service, and is active in the unionists network in the NSW Greens[3]