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♂ Blake B. Desjarlais
aliasBlake B. Desjarlais
Record
15641 · 14838

☆   Cree    Two spirited
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Confidence-and-supply agreement
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 29 December 1993
Age 30 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 September 2021 → 2 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 8 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Blake B. Desjarlais (1993– )
© Photo 2023 DrOwl19 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
When Desjarlais won the Alberta seat of Edmonton Griesbach for the NDP in the 2021 general election, he became the first openly two-spirit individual to serve as an MP.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 7 6

Electoral history

Races * 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Kerry T. Diotte  m 
 
 
Eligible: 81,685 Votes: 43,554 Participation: 53.32% Candidacies: 8
Federal
44		 Alberta
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36145(F) — 11 Jul 2023 21:59 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
NDP
 1/8 17,457 40.54% +1,500 Loser:
CPC
 15,957 37.06% Kerry T. Diotte
After his election:
22 Mar 2022 28
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Edmonton Griesbach
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Alberta
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39334(P) — 21 Jan 2024 20:00 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
31
NDP
 1/4   42.57%   Loser:
CPC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Blake Desjarlais, M.P.		 12 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Blake Desjarlais, député		 12 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Blake Desjarlais		 12 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Blake Desjarlais		 12 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Feb 2024 08:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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