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♂ David R. Blake
aliasDavid R. Blake
Record
5271 · 3797

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 5 0 5
Birth 20 March 1925 → 99 years + 1 month ago
Lived 82 years + 11 months
First mandate 16 November 1971 → 52 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 7 months
Death 25 February 2008 → 16 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 10 months after 25 April 1988
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 16 5 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Dennis H. Heeney  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,285 Votes: 7,147 Participation: 86.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
16 November 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13942(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
PC
 1/3 3,532 50.39% +1,184 Loser:
NDP
 2,348 33.50% Emil Shellborn

Service: 1 year 7 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,729 Votes: 7,248 Participation: 83.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9203(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 3,777 52.28% +1,069 Loser:
NDP
 2,708 37.49% Lawrence Bell

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,003 Votes: 6,979 Participation: 77.52% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9260(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/4 3,912 56.13% +1,601 Loser:
NDP
 2,311 33.16% John Martens

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,260 Votes: 7,581 Participation: 67.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9317(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/2 4,160 55.05% +763 Loser:
NDP
 3,397 44.95% Garry Grant

Service: 4 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,457 Votes: 7,946 Participation: 69.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9376(F) — 12 Aug 2023 22:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/4 3,316 41.77% +947 Loser:
NDP
 2,369 29.84% Garry Grant

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,756 Votes: 8,478 Participation: 72.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9433(F) — 12 Aug 2023 22:48 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
PC
 3,669 43.36% Harold Gilleshammer

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Blake, David Robert		 28 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Blake, David Robert		 28 Jul 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
David Robert "Dave"e; Blake (1925-2008)		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Dave Blake		 28 Jul 2023

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