George Buchanan (politician)
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The Right Honourable George Buchanan |
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| Minister of Pensions | |
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In office 7 October 1947 – 2 July 1948 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | John Burns Hynd |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Marquand |
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 4 August 1945 – 7 October 1947 Served with Tom Fraser |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Sec. of State | Joseph Westwood |
| Chairman of the National Assistance Board | |
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In office 1948–1953 |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow Gorbals |
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In office 15 November 1922 – 2 July 1948 |
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| Preceded by | George Nicoll Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Alice Cullen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 November 1890 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died |
28 June 1955 (aged 64) Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Other political affiliations |
Independent Labour Party |
George Buchanan PC (30 November 1890 – 28 June 1955) was a Scottish patternmaker, trade union activist, and Member of Parliament.
Buchanan was born in Glasgow, Scotland. A committed socialist, he joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP).
Buchanan was vice-chairman of Glasgow Trades Council and sat on the city council from 1919 to 1923. At the 1922 general election he was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Gorbals division of Glasgow.
In 1932 Buchanan became chairman of the United Patternmakers Association of Great Britain, a position he held for sixteen years. He initially agreed with James Maxton's moving the ILP out of the mainstream Labour Party, but decided to leave them to rejoin Labour in 1939.
Following the 1945 general election, the new prime minister, Clement Attlee, appointed Buchanan as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. He also later served as Minister of Pensions.
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