Harry J. Buchanan

Harry J. Buchanan served on Barrie council in eight terms, 1935 to 1944, as reeve (1942–1944), on the City of Barrie's own list of council members.

This page records a public role and nothing more: the council terms, offices and notes as the City prints them.

It holds no contact details and no biography. If you are related to Harry J. Buchanan and something here is wrong, the corrections page says how to tell us.

This profile is built from the City's list, which prints the name as “Harry J. Buchanan”; the entries are counted as one person by the rules set out on Barrie's mayors and councils.

In office: Ward 4 In office: Deputy reeve In office: Reeve

Offices Harry J. Buchanan held (lines, coloured by office) and federal or provincial races lost (dots).

Council terms come from the City of Barrie's list, which gives years only, so each is drawn from the year it begins to the year the next begins; a seat in Parliament or the legislature runs to the next general election. Hover or tap a mark for the detail; the lists below are the record.

On the City's list of council members

The terms the City of Barrie's own list of council members, 1837 to 2022, shows Harry J. Buchanan serving, with the office and any note as the City prints them, and the milestones of each council: events from the City's history and notes, dated. The full list is on Barrie's mayors and councils.

1935 Alderman, Ward 4, as “Harry J. Buchanan” 1935: No municipal election is held, because of the economic depression.
1937 Alderman, Ward 4, as “Harry J. Buchanan” 1937: No municipal election: every civic office but one is filled by acclamation.
1938 Alderman, Ward 4, as “Harry J. Buchanan” 1938: No municipal election for a fourth straight year: every civic office is acclaimed, one of them decided by the flip of a coin.
1940 Alderman, Ward 4, as “Harry J. Buchanan” 1940: No municipal election: the mayor and council are returned by acclamation, and three vacancies are filled without an election.
1941 Deputy-Reeve, as “Harry J. Buchanan”
1942 Reeve, as “Harry J. Buchanan”
1943 Reeve, as “Harry J. Buchanan”
1944 Reeve, as “Harry J. Buchanan”

Source: City of Barrie, Members of Barrie Councils, 1837 to 2022 (updated November 2022).