John Beals Chandler
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Sir John Beals Chandler KBE |
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| 5th Lord Mayor of Brisbane | |
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In office 1940–1952 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred James Jones |
| Succeeded by | Frank Roberts |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Hamilton |
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In office 9 October 1943 – 2 May 1947 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Bruce Pie |
| Succeeded by | Harold Taylor |
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21 February 1887 Bunwell, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 21 January 1962 (aged 74) St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Queensland People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lydia Isabel Parish |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Church of England |
Sir John Beals Chandler (21 February 1887 – 19 January 1962) was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1940 to 1952, and the Member for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland district of Hamilton from 1943 to 1947.
John Beals Chandler was born in Bunwell, Norfolk, England, on 21 February 1887. From a poor family, he left school at the age of 8, and emigrated to Queensland in 1907 to work as a sugarcane cutter.
In 1912 he married Lydia Isabel Parish in Brisbane. They had four sons, two of whom were killed in the Second World War.
Chandler opened his first hardware store in Elizabeth St, Brisbane in 1913. Chandler increasingly focussed on electrical household appliances and opened a larger store as "J. B. Chandler & Co" in Adelaide St in 1923. This business grew to become the public company Chandlers Pty Ltd, with stores across Queensland and northern NSW, in 1938. Chandlers remained a family-controlled business until 1977.
In 1930 he founded the Brisbane radio station 4BC (4 "Beals Chandler") to stimulate demand for his radio sets. He went on to own various other Queensland radio stations, including 4BH in Brisbane.
Chandler was a councillor for the Shire of Taringa before the 1925 amalgamation to form Brisbane City Council.
Chandler was elected Lord Mayor in 1940 as the Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) candidate. He was reelected and served out 4 full terms as Lord Mayor, before being defeated in the 1952 election.
Chandler was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland district of Hamilton as an Independent in 1943. Shortly after his election, he founded the Queensland People's Party. This party later absorbed the Queensland branch of the United Australia Party, and became the Queensland branch of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1948.
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