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John Ernest Buchanan
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Fire chief.
Born at Montreal, Quebec on 8 September 1862, son of John E. and Mary Buchanan, he was educated at Montreal High School. He commenced a career as a druggist at Montreal in 1878. He came to Winnipeg in August 1882. He was long connected with Winnipeg’s Fire Department, having seen it grow from a small beginning of three fire halls in 1883 to fourteen stations with two hundred and eighty men. He served as Chairman of the Firemen’s Benevolent Association and President of the Western Canada Fire Chiefs’ Association. He was Fire Chief from 1899, replacing Edward Herbert Rodgers, until 1928.
In 1887, he married Mary Macdonald (?-?) of Winnipeg, with whom he had one daughter, Ethel Sarah Buchanan (1888-?, daughter-in-law of Patrick Shea). He was a member of the Masons (Prince Rupert Lodge, 32nd Degree, Scottish Rite), Order of Scottish Clans, IOOF, Commercial Travellers, AOUW, COF, and Knox Presbyterian Church. Long interested in sports, he was fond of hockey, curling, lacrosse, baseball, and motoring.
He died at Winnipeg on 29 January 1938 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
“Former fire chief is dead,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 January 1938, page 11.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 May 2024
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