- Alan Buchanan
Infobox_Politician
name = Alan Buchanan
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birth_date =
birth_place = Belfast,Prince Edward Island
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office = MLA for4th Queens
term_start = 1989
term_end = 1996
predecessor =Wilbur MacDonald
successor = riding dissolved
party = Liberal
religion =
occupation =Alan Buchanan BA, MA, is a Canadian university administrator and former politician from
Prince Edward Island .A native of the rural farming hamlet of Belfast in southeastern Queens County, Buchanan is a graduate of the
University of Prince Edward Island andQueen's University . Buchanan served as a MLA in theLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island during the administrations ofJoe Ghiz andCatherine Callbeck , holding several cabinet positions, including Minister of Provincial Affairs and Minister of Health. Buchanan has also held positions as a senior bureaucrat and policy advisor as well as a university lecturer. He was appointed to theLaw Commission of Canada from 1999-2003.Buchanan ran in the 2003 leadership race for the
Prince Edward Island Liberal Party but narrowly lost toRobert Ghiz .Buchanan subsequently worked as an Inter-Government Communication Officer with
Island Telecom and laterAliant , as well as forming his own consulting and communication company.In June 2005 he was appointed to the position as Registrar at his alma mater, the University of Prince Edward Island.
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