Alexander Buchanan
Politician
1905 – 1985
Who was Alexander Buchanan?
Alexander Andrew Buchanan was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated there at Scotch College and then at the University of Melbourne. He became a manager and a manufacturing and wholesale merchant before serving in the military 1942-43. He returned to become a farmer at Beaconsfield and an organiser of the Liberal Party in Victoria. In 1955, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for McMillan. He held the seat until 1972, when he lost his Liberal Party endorsement and unsuccessfully contested the seat as an independent. His preferences were instrumental in the victory of the Country Party candidate in that year. Buchanan died in 1985.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1905
Melbourne - Nationality
- Australia
- Education
- University of Melbourne
- Scotch College, Melbourne
- Died
- Sep 10, 1985
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on July 23, 2013
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