Norman Buchanan
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Norman Bruce Buchanan (MC) (September 16, 1915 – died June 27, 2008) was a furniture retailer and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Progressive Conservative member from 1952 to 1960.

Buchanan was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, the son of Walter Bruce Buchanan and Leola Amelia McWin. He was educated at the University of New Brunswick and the Royal Military College of Canada.

A gifted athlete, Buchanan was a pitcher on the 1936 St. Croixs baseball team that won the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League Championship and the Maritime Senior Baseball Championship. He worked in the family's retail furniture business until the oubreak of World War II. He served overseas in the Royal Canadian Army, rising to the rank of Major. He was awarded the Military Cross with two bars for acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land. In 1944 he married Janet C. Wilson. Their first child, a daughter Janice, was born in 1945 in Irving, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Political career

Norman Buchanan was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the Progressive Conservative Party candidate for the multi-member riding of Charlotte County. He was appointed by Premier Hugh John Flemming to the Cabinet, serving as Minister of Lands and Mines from 1952 to 1960. He ran unsuccessfully for the New Brunswick Southwest seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1963.

References

• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1956, PG Normandin
• Hometown Sports Heroes New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame
• University of Victoria - Brown Collection of Orders, Decorations, Medals and Flags

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