Alick Buchanan-Smith (politician)

The Honourable Alick Buchanan-Smith

Minister of State for Energy
In office 13 June 1983 – 11 June 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Hamish Gray
Succeeded by	Peter Morrison
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Edward Bishop
Succeeded by	John MacGregor
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 18 February 1975 – 9 December 1976
Leader	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Willie Ross
Succeeded by	Teddy Taylor
Member of Parliament for Kincardine & Deeside North Angus and Mearns (1964–1983)
In office 15 October 1964 – 29 August 1991
Preceded by	Sir Colin Thornton-Kemsley
Succeeded by	Nicol Stephen
Personal details
Born	8 April 1932
Died	29 August 1991 (Age 59)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Relations	Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno (Father)
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge University of Edinburgh

Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith (8 April 1932 – 29 August 1991) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.

The second son of Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno and Mary Kathleen Smith, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Glenalmond College, Pembroke College, Cambridge and University of Edinburgh. He was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders and did his National Service from 1951. He served from 1953 to 1959 as Chairman of the Central Organisation of Military Education Committees of the Universities and University Colleges, what is now the Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom (COMEC).

He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for West Fife in 1959, and sat as member for North Angus and Mearns from 1964 to 1983 and for Kincardine and Deeside from 1983 until his death.