Claire Chandler

Claire Chandler (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for Tasmania at the 2019 Australian federal election.[1] She is a member of the Liberal Party.

Senator

Claire Chandler
Senator for Tasmania
Assumed office
1 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse(s)Chris Edwards
ResidenceBlackmans Bay
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania
OccupationAnalyst
Websitewww.senatorchandler.com.au

Personal life

Chandler grew up in the Huon Valley and attended St Michael's Collegiate a Hobart private school for girls. Chandler studied Arts/Law at the University of Tasmania where her interest in politics was furthered.[2] At university she was a member of the University of Tasmania Liberal Club where she met her future husband Chris Edwards.[3] Chandler later joined the Young Liberals where she served as both the Tasmanian Division President, and Federal President.[2][4]

Politics

Chandler led an internal review of the Tasmanian Division of the Liberal Party gender imbalance as Young Liberal President. Following the report Chandler described the party's engagement with women "sobering",[5] however has rejected the idea of gender quotas as a solution to fix the divide.[6][7]

Chandler stood as a candidate for the seat of Franklin at the 2018 Tasmanian state election.[8][9][10] She was preselected in the second position on the Liberal Party's Senate ticket in Tasmania on 9 September 2018.[11] She was elected to the Senate at the 2019 federal election to a term beginning on 1 July 2019.[1] At the time, Chandler was Australia's youngest female senator at 29.[12]

Political positions

Chandler has been described as a conservative.[13] Chandler is a supporter of the Liberal Party's conscience vote for elected members on euthanasia, but does not support any changes to the law as it currently stands in Tasmania.[14]

Chandler supports women's 'sex-based rights' and advocates that women's sport, women's toilets, and women's change rooms are designed for, and should be reserved for, people of the female sex.[15][16] She has campaigned on behalf of female sport against what she regards as unbalanced transgender policies.[17]

Chandler also campaigns against the use of anti-discrimination laws and tax-payer funds to suppress free speech by those she calls 'the woke'.[18]

References
  1. "Senate Results". ABC News. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. "Tasmanian Senate hopeful Claire Chandler discusses female representations within the Liberal Party". The Examiner Newspaper. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. "History – University of Tasmania Liberal Students". University of Tasmania Liberal Club. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. "Claire Chandler preselected for the Senate". Young Liberal Movement of Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. "Tasmanian Liberals' gender imbalance will hurt election chances, Hodgman warns". ABC News. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. "Tasmanian Liberal senate hopeful Claire Chandler is taking a stand for women in power". The Mercury. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. "Talking Point: The best six happen to be men". The Mercury. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  8. "Candidates A-Z – Tasmanian Election 2018". ABC News. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  9. "Distribution of Preferences – Franklin". The Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  10. "Levelling the playing field". Eastern Shore Sun. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  11. "Richard Colbeck, Claire Chandler and Tanya Denison nominated in Liberal preselection battle". ABC News. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  12. Mason, Brett (27 January 2020). "As Australia's parliament returns, meet the youngest MPs doing things differently". SBS News Online. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020.
  13. "Prime Minister's visit a chance to settle GST issues". The Mercury. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  14. "ACL – Candidate Questioner". Australian Christian Lobby. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  15. Jarvie, Emily (4 September 2020). "Senator's comments on sex-based rights spark discrimination complaint". The Advocate (Tasmania). Archived from the original on 10 September 2020.
  16. McCann, Annie (2 October 2020). "Discrimination complaint over transgender, female changerooms remarks against senator dropped". Herald Sun. Melbourne, Vic.
  17. Lane, Bernard (10 October 2020). "Female pushback over trans sport rules". The Australian. News Corp.
  18. Chandler, Claire (9 October 2020). "A Taxpayer-Funded War on Taxpayers' Free Speech – Quadrant Online". Quadrant. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
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