Career
Chambers ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1971 Alberta general election. Chambers ran for a second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election. Despite Chambers losing a small portion of his popular vote, the opposition candidates running against him would see a significant vote drop, he was returned to office easily.
Premier Peter Lougheed would appoint Chambers to his first ministerial portfolio on April 24, 1978.
He served the remainder of his second term as Minister of Housing and Public Works. Chambers ran for re-election to a third term in the 1979 general election.
Despite holding a ministerial portfolio his popular vote dropped for the second straight election. After the election he kept his portfolio for a second term.
The opposition vote coalesced around New Democratic candidate Christie Mjolsness, forcing a hotly contested three way race.
After the election the Housing portion of his portfolio was split off and Chambers became Minister of Public Works, Supply, and Services. He would continue hold that portfolio after Don Getty became Premier in 1985. Chambers retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1986.
