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♂ Alan G. Buchanan
aliasAlan G. Buchanan
Record
7992 · 5697

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 28 October 1952
Age 71 years + 6 months
First mandate 29 May 1989 → 34 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 27 years + 11 months ago (21 May 1996)
Special notes
None
 

Alan G. Buchanan (1952– ?)
No photo available
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
Prince Edward Island 6 11 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Wilbur B. MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 3,099 Votes: 2,688 Participation: 86.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2463(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 1,379 52.53% +133 Loser:
PC
 1,246 47.47% Wilbur B. MacDonald

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,145 Votes: 2,658 Participation: 84.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2438(F) — 15 Feb 2022 20:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 1,343 51.89% +98 Loser:
PC
 1,245 48.11% Wilbur B. MacDonald
After his election:
21 May 1996 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 1 month 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,981 Votes: 2,631 Participation: 88.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2382(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
PC
 1,275 48.74% Wilbur B. MacDonald

Online biographical references (5)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Buchanan, M.A., Alan Gilmore		 26 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Buchanan, M.A., Alan Gilmore		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Alan Gilmore Buchanan		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alan Buchanan (politician)		 26 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Alan Buchanan		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 09:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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