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John Arthur Buchanan
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Educator.
Born at Winnipeg on 9 May 1913, one of three children of Ernest Laurence Buchanan (?-1967) and Mabel Elizabeth Bishop (1885-1952), he graduated from United College (1934) then worked as a teacher, serving as Vice-Principal of Stony Mountain School and Principal of Kenton School (1938-1941). During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served overseas. Returning to Winnipeg, he resumed his teaching career at St. John’s Ravenscourt School (?-?), Laura Secord School (1946-1955), and J. B. Mitchell School (1956-1962). He was later Vice-Principal of Earl Grey School (1963-1964), and Principal of Somerset School (1966-1970) and Kent Road School (1970-1977). He retired in June 1977. On 26 August 1938, he married Ethel Roberta Green (c1917-2011) at Winnipeg and they had two children. He died at Winnipeg on 30 November 1999.
Ontario birth registration [Mabel Elizabeth Bishop], Ancestry.
Birth registration [John Arthur Buchanan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Honor graduates in Arts, Science at big gathering,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1934, page 2.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Engagements,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 August 1938, page 7.
Obituary [Mabel E. Buchanan], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1952, page 33.
Obituary [Ernest Laurence Buchanan], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1968, page 23.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 December 1999.
Obituary [Ethel Roberta Buchanan], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 March 2011, page 35.
We thank Catherine Shorey for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 June 2023
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