Norman Buchanan
Canadian politician
Died when: 92 years 285 days (1113 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Norman Bruce Buchanan, MC & Two Bars (September 16, 1915 – 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 outbreak 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 Janetta C.Wilson.Their first child, a daughter Janice was born in 1945 in , Ayrshire, Scotland.
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