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♂ Elmer A. Buchanan
aliasElmer A. Buchanan
Record
8000 · 3314

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 17%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 5 6
Birth c. 1946
Age ± 78 years
First mandate 6 September 1990 → 33 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 44 years
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 10 months ago (7 June 1995)
Special notes
None
 
Elmer A. Buchanan (c.1946– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 4 9 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Harry Danford  m 
⊖ Clarke T. Rollins  m 
 		 ⊖ James I. Pollock  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 33,310 Votes: 24,322 Participation: 73.02% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12081(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±31
NDP
 3/5 2,808 11.59% -8,634 Winner:
PC
 11,442 47.22% Clarke T. Rollins
Eligible: 35,082 Votes: 23,326 Participation: 66.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12207(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±35
NDP
 3/3 2,968 12.77% -8,560 Winner:
PC
 11,528 49.61% James I. Pollock
Eligible: 37,343 Votes: 22,518 Participation: 60.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12332(F) — 6 Jul 2023 14:34 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±39
NDP
 3/3 4,492 20.10% -7,780 Winner:
PC
 12,272 54.91% James I. Pollock
Eligible: 38,281 Votes: 25,325 Participation: 66.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5601(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±41
NDP
 3/3 6,579 26.11% -3,331 Winner:
PC
 9,910 39.33% James I. Pollock
Eligible: 41,347 Votes: 28,431 Participation: 68.76% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5471(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±44
NDP
 1/5 11,283 39.89% +896 Loser:
PC
 10,387 36.73% James I. Pollock

Service: 4 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,719 Votes: 30,159 Participation: 67.44% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5413(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±49
NDP
 2/5 8,328 27.87% -7,859 Winner:
PC
 16,187 54.17% Harry Danford

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Elmer Buchanan		 17 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Elmer Buchanan		 17 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elmer Buchanan		 17 Feb 2024

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