John Buchanan
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John MacLennan Buchanan, PC
Queen's Privy Council for Canada
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, QC
Queen's Counsel
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 (born April 22, 1931) is a Canadian
Canada
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 lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th Premier of Nova Scotia
Premier of Nova Scotia
The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...

 from 1978 to 1990 and as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1990 to 2006.

Early life

Buchanan was born in Sydney
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....

, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. He graduated from Mount Allison University
Mount Allison University
Mount Allison University is a primarily undergraduate Canadian liberal arts and science university situated in Sackville, New Brunswick. It is located about a half hour from the regional city of Moncton and 20 minutes from the Greater Moncton International Airport...

 in 1954 with a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
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 Degree and an Engineering
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 Certificate
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. He then went on to study at Dalhousie Law School
Dalhousie Law School
The Schulich School of Law is part of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Formerly called Dalhousie Law School, it was established in 1883, making it the oldest university-affiliated common law school in the Commonwealth. It is the primary law school in Atlantic Canada and...

 and after graduating in 1958 entered the practice of law where he was appointed Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
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 in 1972 and awarded Doctorates from Nova Scotia Technical College, Mount Allison University, Saint Mary's University, St. Francis Xavier University, and Université Saint Anne.

Entry to politics

Buchanan was elected as a Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly in 1967, re-elected in 1970, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 1988. He was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Executive Council of Nova Scotia
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 as Minister of Public Works and Fisheries in 1969. He was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in 1971. Buchanan was elected as Premier
Premier (Canada)
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 of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 in 1978. He was re-elected in 1981, 1984 and 1988, becoming the third Premier in the history of Nova Scotia to be elected to four consecutive terms, and the fourth longest premier in Nova Scotia. On April 17, 1982, Buchanan was made a member of Her Majesty’s Privy Council. His biggest majority came in the 1984 election
Nova Scotia general election, 1984
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, when he led his party to victory, capturing 42 of the 52 seats in the legislature.

Buchanan resigned as Premier when he was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Brian Mulroney on September 12, 1990. Buchanan sat as a Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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 senator until 2004, when the party merged with the Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
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. He sat as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
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 from 2004 until his retirement at age 75 on April 22, 2006.

Personal life

He married Mavis Forsyth in September 1954, and they had five children: Murdoch, Travis, Nicola, Natalie, and Natasha Buchanan.

External links

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