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♂ E. Blake Huffman
aliasE. Blake Huffman
Record
28605 · 12101

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 29 April 1902 → 122 years ago
Lived 83 years + 2 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 1 month
Death 14 July 1985 → 38 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 3 months after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 
E. Blake Huffman (1902–1985)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 9 0

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harold W. Danforth  m 
 		 ⊖ C. Earl Desmond  m 
 
Eligible: 35,920 Votes: 28,610 Participation: 79.65% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23487(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 14,903 52.67% +2,459 Loser:
PC
 12,444 43.98% C. Earl Desmond

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,329 Votes: 26,356 Participation: 70.60% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23788(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 15,532 59.67% +5,036 Loser:
PC
 10,496 40.33% Eugene King

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,862 Votes: 27,065 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24068(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 13,977 52.40% +3,070 Loser:
PC
 10,907 40.89% Albert E. Jolley

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,862 Votes: 31,014 Participation: 81.91% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24334(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/3 13,005 41.93% -4,343 Winner:
PC
 17,348 55.94% Harold W. Danforth

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Edward Blake Huffman		 03 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Edward Blake Huffman		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Blake Huffman		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 09:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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