Background
He was born in Roberts County, South Dakota, the son of George Buchanan and Pearl Reimann, and came with his family to Saskatchewan in 1916.
He was born in Roberts County, South Dakota, the son of George Buchanan and Pearl Reimann, and came with his family to Saskatchewan in 1916.
He represented Notukeu-Willow Bunch from 1944 to 1956 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Company-operative Commonwealth Federation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) member. The family settled on a homestead in the Spring Valley district. He was educated in the district and in Moose Jaw.
Buchanan taught school in Saskatchewan for 14 years.
In 1940, he ran unsuccessfully for the Wood Mountain seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Cleveland Clinic Foundation candidate. Buchanan served as a lieutenant with the King"s Own Rifles during World World War World War II He resigned his seat in 1956 after his motion for introduction of a grid road system was defeated in caucus.
After leaving politics, Buchanan worked for the Saskatchewan Power Corporation. He later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he worked for British Columbia Hydro.
Buchanan returned to Regina and retired in 1974.
He died there at the age of 78.