Mark Chandler
“Experience at the table”
Experience meter
23 of 32 per-pass points · scores scale with terms & years served.
Figures collected from public online sources · not independently verified
- Elected public office+10 per 1 term
- Municipal committee+4 per 2 yrs+00 yrs
- Non-profit board+3 per 3 yrs+00 yrs
- Community organization+5 per 5 yrs+00 yrs
- Professional experience+5 per 15 yrs
- Recognized award+2 per 2 awards+00 awards
- Volunteer service+3 per 1 met+00
Past public service
- Source2018–2022CouncillorParksville
Mark Chandler brings 40+ years of business experience — including co-founding Five Star Pizza and Take Out — and a term on Parksville City Council (2018–2022) to his run for Nanaimo city council. On Parksville council he says questioning vehicle-replacement schedules and staffing plans found considerable savings without cutting services, and he moved the motion for a public-safety town hall in 2019. His interest in homelessness policy is personal: he has spent more than 20 years supporting a family member struggling with addiction, and on council he helped renegotiate a supportive-housing model that separated a year-round shelter from supportive housing. His platform centres on five priorities: your money, public safety, homelessness, housing, and a city that listens. Details collected from his campaign website and public sources.
Key positions
Collected from public online sources · not independently verified- —Fiscal responsibility: before asking taxpayers for more, the City should be able to answer whether it is getting everything it reasonably can from the money already being spent — the same question-first approach he says found savings on Parksville council.Source
- —Public safety: safer everyday movement (sidewalks, crossings, lighting), closer work with RCMP and bylaw services, and Council speaking up loudly when provincial or federal policies around chronic and repeat offenders aren't working for Nanaimo.Source
- —Homelessness: after 20+ years supporting a loved one living with addiction, he argues the City can hold compassion and accountability at the same time — keeping what works, questioning what doesn't, and advocating to other levels of government.Source
- —Housing: growth is inevitable but must be managed so Nanaimo remains a place residents can afford to call home, with infrastructure and services keeping pace.Source
- —A city that listens: residents' voices should matter before decisions are made, not after.Source
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