Early Political Experience
As an undergraduate at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario in the late 1980s, Chandler joined the Reform Party of Canada, where he was active as an organizer and fund-raiser. In the 1993 federal election, Chandler ran as a Reform Party candidate in the riding of Hamilton Mountain, finishing in a distant second place with 10,297 votes, behind Liberal incumbent Beth Phinney, who received 27,218.
Chandler moved to Alberta in 1995. He ran in the 1997 provincial election as a candidate for the Social Credit Party of Alberta in the riding of Calgary West, finishing with 1,100 votes, or 7.5% of the electorate. He later rejoined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and endorsed United Alternative candidate Brian Pallister in the party's 1998 Progressive Conservative leadership convention.
In 2000, Chandler's PGIB supported the creation of the Canadian Alliance. In 2002, Chandler and the PGIB backed Stephen Harper's successful bid for the leadership of the Alliance.
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