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♂ Niles L. Buchanan
aliasNiles L. Buchanan
Record
8012 · 9190

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 3 0 3
Total 3 1 4
Birth 12 June 1909 → 114 years + 10 months ago
Lived 78 years + 3 months
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years
Death 16 September 1987 → 36 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 6 months after 1 March 1956
Special notes
None
 

Niles L. Buchanan (1909–1987)
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
Saskatchewan 11 8 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas F. Donnelly  m 
⊖ Charles W. Johnson  m 
 		 ⊖ Alban C. Ellison  m 
 
Eligible: 19,611 Votes: 15,397 Participation: 78.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Saskatchewan
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23101(F) — 23 Mar 2024 20:06 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
30
CCF
 2/3 5,247 34.08% -1,128 Winner:
LIB
 6,375 41.40% Thomas F. Donnelly
Eligible: 7,131 Votes: 7,038 Participation: 98.70% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31652(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
CCF
 1/2 4,176 59.34% +1,314 Loser:
LIB
 2,862 40.66% Charles W. Johnson

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,757 Votes: 7,531 Participation: 86.00% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31705(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
CCF
 1/2 4,048 53.75% +565 Loser:
LIB
 3,483 46.25% Hans Loken

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,913 Votes: 7,002 Participation: 88.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31761(F) — 10 Mar 2022 18:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
CCF
 1/2 3,663 52.31% +324 Loser:
LIB
 3,339 47.69% James Lindsay
After his election:
1 Mar 1956 46
CCF
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,191 Votes: 6,510 Participation: 90.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31812(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
LIB
 2,631 40.41% Karl F. Klein

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Niles L. Buchanan		 24 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Buchanan, Niles Leonard 1909 – 1987 (p. 5)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Niles Leonard Buchanan		 24 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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