Alan Gilmore Buchanan (born October 28, 1952)[1][2] is a Canadian university administrator and former politician from Prince Edward Island.
Buchanan served as a MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island during the administrations of Joe Ghiz and Catherine Callbeck, holding several cabinet positions, including Minister of Provincial Affairs and Minister of Health.
Buchanan has also held positions as a senior bureaucrat and policy advisor as well as a university lecturer.
Buchanan ran in the 2003 leadership race for the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party but narrowly lost to Robert Ghiz.
In June 2005 he was appointed to the position as Registrar at his alma mater, the University of Prince Edward Island.