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♂ William Alexander Blaikie
aliasBill Blaikie
Record
5198 · 499

United Church   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 9 0 9
Manitoba 1 0 1
Total 10 0 10
Birth 19 June 1951 → 72 years + 10 months ago
Lived 71 years + 3 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 11 months
Death 24 September 2022 → 1 year + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 11 months after 3 October 2011
Special notes
None
 
William Alexander Blaikie (1951–2022)
© Photo 2012 Matt Jiggins — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Daniel Blaikie (c. 1984–) Son  
⊕ Rebecca Blaikie (1978–) Daughter  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 29 4 15
Manitoba 2 6 9 Z
TOTAL 31 10 25

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 12  
3 documented challengers
⊕ James R. Beddome  m 
⊕ Dean W. Whiteway  m 
 		 ⊖ John H. (Jack) Hare  m 
 
Eligible: 65,647 Votes: 50,820 Participation: 77.41% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Manitoba
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4379(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
NDP
 1/5 25,492 50.16% +5,956 Loser:
PC
 19,536 38.44% Dean W. Whiteway

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,647 Votes: 45,543 Participation: 69.38% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Manitoba
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4097(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
28
NDP
 1/5 24,672 54.27% +11,287 Loser:
PC
 13,385 29.44% John Froese

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,248 Votes: 52,344 Participation: 76.70% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Manitoba
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3811(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
NDP
 1/6 23,903 45.81% +3,259 Loser:
PC
 20,644 39.56% John H. (Jack) Hare

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,215 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 Manitoba
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3518(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
NDP
 1/6 17,361 41.13% +3,901 Loser:
LIB
 13,460 31.88% Shirley Timm-Rudolph

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,169 Votes: 41,507 Participation: 70.15% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Manitoba
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3219(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/9 16,074 38.86% +219 Loser:
LIB
 15,855 38.33% Art K. Miki

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 55,177 Votes: 33,303 Participation: 60.36% Candidacies: 7
Federal
36		 Manitoba
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2918(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NDP
 1/7 16,640 50.27% +9,535 Loser:
LIB
 7,105 21.46% Rosemary Broadbent

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,345 Votes: 32,897 Participation: 58.38% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 Manitoba
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2606(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NDP
 1/8 15,680 47.85% +7,344 Loser:
CA
 8,336 25.44% Shawn Rattai

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,965 Votes: 29,358 Participation: 50.65% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 Manitoba
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1024(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/7 15,221 51.99% +7,577 Loser:
CPC
 7,644 26.11% Bryan McLeod

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,561 Votes: 33,502 Participation: 58.20% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 Manitoba
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 865(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
NDP
 1/5 16,967 50.85% +6,247 Loser:
CPC
 10,720 32.13% Linda West

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,216 Votes: 31,461 Participation: 54.04% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Manitoba
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5756(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
NDP
 14,355 45.77% Peter J. (Jim) Maloway
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,325 Participation: 36.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Manitoba
24 March 2009
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 14194(F) — 5 Oct 2021 14:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
NDP
 1/4 2,325 53.76% +1,412 Loser:
PC
 913 21.11% Adrian Schulz

Service: 2 years 6 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,578 Votes: 7,136 Participation: 52.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Manitoba
4 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9759(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
NDP
 3,864 54.61% Peter J. (Jim) Maloway

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Blaikie, Hon. Bill		 14 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Blaikie, Hon. Bill		 14 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie (1951-2022)		 14 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Rev. William Alexander (Bill) Blaikie, P.C., M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William Alexander (Bill) Blaikie, C.P., député		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bill Blaikie		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bill Blaikie		 14 Apr 2024

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