John Alexander Buchanan (March 4, 1887 – May 9, 1976) was a politician and civil engineer from

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada. Buchanan was appointed to the

Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada () is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, they compose the Bicameralism, bicameral le ...

on January 15, 1959 on the advice of

John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 an ...

. He retired from the Senate on October 2, 1965. Bear Creek a tributary flowing into the Peace River was formally renamed Buchanan Creek in his honor. His stepson, Robert George Mason was the father of

Brian Mason Brian David Mason (born October 12, 1953) is a Canadian politician who was leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2004 to 2014 and served the Minister of Transportation in Rachel Notley's NDP government. He also served as the Gover ...

, leader of the

Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party (Alberta NDP; ), is social democratic political party in Alberta, Canada. The party sits on the centre-left to left-wing of the political spectrum and is a provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democra ...

from 2004 to 2014.

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John Alexander Buchanan biography
1887 births 1976 deaths Canadian senators from Alberta Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada {{Alberta-politician-stub