Alexander Carlisle Buchanan (23 December 1808 – 2 February 1868) was an Irishman appointed by

Britain Britain most often refers to: * Great Britain, a large island comprising the countries of England, Scotland and Wales * The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a sovereign state in Europe comprising Great Britain and the north-eas ...

to serve as the Chief Agent for Emigration in

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in 1828. Buchanan himself advised the British authorities to appoint only Canadians as emigration agents, not as

immigration officer An immigration officer is a law enforcement official whose job is to ensure that immigration legislation is enforced. This can cover the rules of entry for visa applicants, foreign nationals or those seeking asylum at the border, detecting ...

s, to ensure that the administration (of immigration to the

colony A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule, which rules the territory and its indigenous peoples separated from the foreign rulers, the colonizer, and their ''metropole'' (or "mother country"). This separated rule was often orga ...

from the mother country) was "free from local prejudice".

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Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience
at Library and Archives Canada * 19th-century Canadian civil servants 1808 births 1868 deaths Irish emigrants to Canada People from Omagh {{Canada-gov-bio-stub