 He was an original member of the Nundah Divisional Board (created 1880/1) until 1883 when he became the first Chairman of the new Toombul Divisional Board of which he remained a member until the late 1880s when, with the creation of the new Hamilton Divisional Board, he no longer resided within the boundaries of Toombul.From 1882 to 1892 he was the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Bulimba.The first Post Office Directories (1868) record Buckland as residing at Breakfast Creek (which the area was known as).