Elmer Buchanan (born 1946 in Havelock, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Havelock is a village in Peterborough County, Ontario located east of Peterborough on Highway 7. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation) A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... The Honourable Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, PC , OC , O.Ont , QC , LL.B , LL.D (born August 2, 1948 in Ottawa, Ontario) was the 21st premier of Ontario, and the first leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) to serve in that capacity. ...

Buchanan has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University, and a certificate from Teacher's College in Peterborough County. He worked as a high-school teacher in Hastings County, and was vice-principal of North Hastings High School for four years. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Queens University, or simply Queens, is a coeducational, non-sectarian university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on the edge of Lake Ontario. ... Peterborough County is located in Ontario, Canada. ... Categories: Stub | Ontario counties and regions ...

Buchanan campaigned for provincial office several times before his election in 1990. He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, but finished a distant third in the riding of Hastings—Peterborough against Progressive Conservative Clarke Rollins. He ran again in the elections of 1981, 1985 and 1987, each time finishing third against Progressive Conservative Jim Pollock. It may be noted that the NDP have not historically been strong in rural eastern Ontario, where the Hastings—Peterborough riding is located. The Ontario general election of 1977 was held to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... William Daviss Progressive Conservatives finally won a majority government after winning only minorities in the 1975 and 1977 elections. ... David Petersons Liberals, with support from Bob Raes New Democrats, form a minority government despite having fewer seats than Frank Millers Progressive Conservatives. ... David Petersons Liberals were returned to power with a large majority. ...

The NDP won an unexpected majority government under Bob Rae in the provincial election of 1990, and Buchanan defeated Pollock by 896 votes in his fifth attempt for office. He was named Minister of Agriculture and Food on October 1, 1990, and held this position for the entirety of the Rae government. (On March 9, 1994, it was renamed as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.) As a result of serious scandals, David Petersons Liberal government was defeated by a large protest vote. ... Minister of Agriculture and Food is responsible for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Buchanan was one of the most successful ministers in the Rae government, and was widely praised for his handling of the agriculture portfolio. While the Ontario NDP lost much of its rural support between 1990 and 1995, Buchanan remained personally popular within rural Ontario and with the agricultural community. (Interestingly, one of his strongest bases of support was in northern Hastings County, which generally supported candidates of the Progressive Conservative Party and Reform Party at the federal level during this period.) Buchanan stablized funding to many rural centres in 1994, and was a supporter of fuel ethanol throughout his time in government. He also promoted a rural investment pool, and extended unionization rights to farm workers while ensuring that farms with fifty or fewer employees would not be affected. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party in the 1980s and 1990s. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless chemical compound, one of the alcohols that is most often found in alcoholic beverages. ...

The NDP were defeated in the provincial election of 1995, and Buchanan's personal popularity was not enough to save him from the party's loss of support in rural areas. He lost to Progressive Conservative Harry Danford by almost 8,000 votes, amid a provincial majority for the Progressive Conservative Party. The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. ...

Despite some cutbacks during Ontario's recession of the early 1990s, the agriculture ministry had a budget of about $600 million in 1994, kept an agricultural representative in each of the 52 county offices. By 2000, under the government of Mike Harris, the budget had been cut to $300 million and the local representatives had been eliminated. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ...

Buchanan initially considered running for the leadership of the NDP in 1996, but declined. He was instead elected as treasurer of the Ontario NDP, and set tough targets for eliminating the party's post-1995 debt. He also served as a vice-president on the party's executive, and became a board member of the Children's Aid Society. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A Childrens Aid Society exists in every county or major city in Ontario, Canada. ...

Buchanan remains active within the Ontario New Democratic Party. In early 2005, he assisted the party's by-election campaign in the rural riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey is the name of both a former federal Canadian electoral district and a current Ontario provincial electoral district used in respective federal and provincial elections. ...