Gilbert Chandler
Sir Gilbert Chandler Minister of Agriculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In office June 1955 – May 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Gilbert Lawrence Chandler 29 August 1903 Liberal Party (1943–73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Thelma Alice Coon (m. 1930) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Horticulturalist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Gilbert Lawrence Chandler
Chandler, a
When Alfred Chandler died in 1935, Gilbert won the subsequent by-election and took his place as the
He was minister without portfolio from 1943 to 1945 and as the chairman of the Bush Fire Relief committee from 1944 until 1946. When Henry Bolte became premier in 1955, he wanted Chandler as the Education Minister, but due to Chandler's horticultural background, Chandler requested to be Minister of Agriculture.[2] The son-in-law of former politician Jabez Coon, he served in that position until he retired from parliament in 1973.
Chandler was the Minister of State Development, Decentralisation and Minister of Immigration briefly in 1956. In 1962, he was appointed as the leader of the Legislative Council, having been deputy-leader since 1955. Due to his sporting history, Chandler was a member of the 1956 Summer Olympics organising committee. He later served as chairman of the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1973 and 1974.[3]
He died of a coronary occlusion in 1974, at the William Angliss Hospital, which he had been co-founder and president of since 1939. An agricultural college called the Gilbert Chandler Institute of Dairy Technology at Werribee was named after him.
References
- ^ "Gil Chandler". AFL Tables.
- ^ Chandler, Sir Gilbert Lawrence (1903–1974). Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ "Chandler, Sir Gilbert Lawrence". Parliament of Victoria.
