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♂ John M. Buchanan
aliasJohn M. Buchanan
Record
8009 · 4033

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 7 0 7
Birth 22 April 1931 → 93 years ago
Lived 88 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 May 1967 → 56 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 1 month
Death 3 October 2019 → 4 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 21 days after 12 September 1990
Special notes
None
 
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© Photo Michael Bedford Photography via Parlinfo — 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
Nova Scotia 23 3 7 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 50–55
PC
 1 Party leader 39–59 08 Mar 1971 — 11 Sep 1990 19 6 3
2. NS 50–51
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 39–47 08 Mar 1971 — 18 Sep 1978 7 6 10
3. NS 52–55
PC
 1 Premier 47–59 19 Sep 1978 — 11 Sep 1990 11 11 23

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 11,251 Votes: 8,466 Participation: 75.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14253(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/3 4,507 53.74% +951 Loser:
LIB
 3,556 42.40% Percy Baker

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,706 Votes: 9,775 Participation: 71.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8609(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 5,284 54.66% +1,498 Loser:
LIB
 3,786 39.16% Robert Hayes

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,742 Votes: 12,298 Participation: 73.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8565(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
PC
 1/3 6,229 51.06% +1,849 Loser:
LIB
 4,380 35.90% Darrell E. Wentzell

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,804 Votes: 10,403 Participation: 70.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4811(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
47
PC
 1/4 6,628 64.13% +4,325 Loser:
LIB
 2,303 22.28% Jerry F. Blom

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,551 Votes: 10,025 Participation: 64.47% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1600(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
PC
 1/4 6,023 60.29% +3,915 Loser:
NDP
 2,108 21.10% Rene Quigley

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,430 Votes: 9,499 Participation: 57.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1548(F) — 19 Sep 2021 16:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
PC
 1/4 5,528 58.37% +3,586 Loser:
NDP
 1,942 20.50% Rene Quigley

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,557 Votes: 11,207 Participation: 60.39% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1497(F) — 8 Feb 2022 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
57
PC
 1/5 6,284 56.33% +3,521 Loser:
LIB
 2,763 24.77% Doug Adams
After his election:
12 Sep 1990 59
PC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,723 Votes: 11,541 Participation: 69.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
27 August 1991
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14216(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
NDP
 4,507 39.30% Robert L. Chisholm

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
John Buchanan		 23 Dec 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
John Buchanan		 23 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John M. Buchanan, P.C., Q.C., Senator		 23 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John M. Buchanan, C.P., c.r., sénateur		 23 Dec 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Buchanan, John MacLennan (p. 23)		 23 Dec 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Buchanan, John MacLennan (p. 31)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Buchanan (Canadian politician)		 23 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Buchanan (homme politique)		 23 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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