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♂ Dominick Edward Blake
aliasEdward Blake
Record
5270 · 5037

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 93%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 10 1 11
Ontario 4 0 4
Total 14 1 15
Birth 13 October 1833 → 190 years + 6 months ago
Lived 78 years + 4 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
Death 1 March 1912 → 112 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 11 months after 4 March 1891
Double mandate Durham West / Bruce South (Ontario)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons.
Special notes
None
 
Dominick Edward Blake (1833–1912)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Hume B. Cronyn (1864–1933) Nephew  
 
Well that's interesting!
In the first years of Confederation to as late as 1874, one could sit in both their provincial legislature and the federal parliament in what was known as the "double mandate." Blake is one of the most extreme examples: for several months in 1871–72, he was even the Liberal premier of Ontario while sitting as the MP for Bruce South and Durham West, eventually settling to sit only for Bruce South federally. He went on to sit in the British parliament from 1892 to 1907.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 22 3 8
Ontario 5 8 23 Z
TOTAL 28 0 1

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 1–2
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 33–38 03 Sep 1867 — 19 Dec 1871 4 3 16
2. ON 1–2
LIB
 1 Party leader 34–39 01 Mar 1868 — 24 Oct 1872 4 7 23
3. CA 1–2
LIB
 1 Party leader 35–39 01 Jan 1869 — 05 Mar 1873 4 2 4
4. ON 2
LIB
 1 Premier 38–39 20 Dec 1871 — 24 Oct 1872 0 10 4
5. CA 2
LIB
 1 Minister 40 07 Nov 1873 — 13 Feb 1874 0 3 6
6. CA 3
LIB
 1 Minister 41–43 19 May 1875 — 07 Jun 1877 2 0 19
7. CA 4–6
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 46–53 04 May 1880 — 02 Jun 1887 7 0 29
8. CA 4–6
LIB
 2 Party leader 46–53 04 May 1880 — 22 Jun 1887 7 1 18
 5. Without portfolio
 6. Justice and Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 15  
Path points 20  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Christopher W. Bunting  m 
⊖ Alexander Shaw  m 
 		 ⊖ Francis Hurdon  m 
⊖ Alexander Sproat  m 
 
Eligible: 2,776 Votes: 2,268 Participation: 81.70% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17633(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 1,337 58.95% +406 Loser:
IND
 931 41.05% ? Milne

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,061 Votes: 3,445 Participation: 84.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32608(F) — 4 Oct 2021 17:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 1,726 50.10% +7 Loser:
LC
 1,719 49.90% T. Broclebank

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,726 Votes: 3,771 Participation: 79.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32691(F) — 22 Jul 2023 16:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 2,082 55.21% +393 Loser:
LC
 1,689 44.79% Alexander Sproat
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 38
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
20 Dec 1871 38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 8 months 29 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32697(F) — 22 Jul 2023 14:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
37
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 38
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
20 Dec 1871 38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 8 months 29 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
27 December 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33040(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. John McLeod
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
5 January 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33042(F) — 11 Oct 2022 11:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
38
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
12 Sep 1872 38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,068 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18519(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 1,878 90.81% +1,688 Loser:
CONS
 190 9.19% Francis Hurdon
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 40
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
6 Nov 1873 40
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 3 months 17 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18525(F) — 20 Jan 2022 08:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
38
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
21 Jul 1872 38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
14 September 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33045(F) — 21 Feb 2022 14:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Rupert M. Wells
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Ontario
10 April 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18682(F) — 25 Jun 2023 02:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Edmund B. Wood
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Ontario
14 December 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 18683(F) — 11 Oct 2022 15:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,268 Votes: 4,303 Participation: 81.68% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18751(F) — 20 Jan 2022 21:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 2,312 53.73% +321 Loser:
CONS
 1,991 46.27% R. Baird
After his election:
19 May 1875 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,268 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Ontario
2 June 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18956(F) — 11 Oct 2022 15:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,334 Votes: 5,372 Participation: 73.25% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19037(F) — 28 Nov 2021 13:03 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LIB
 2/2 2,598 49.29% -75 Winner:
LC
 2,673 50.71% Alexander Shaw
Eligible: 3,649 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 November 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19613(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
46
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 7 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,876 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19239(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,497 52.05% +118 Loser:
CONS
 1,379 47.95% Christopher W. Bunting

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,283 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19438(F) — 22 Jan 2022 00:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 2,184 66.52% +1,085 Loser:
CONS
 1,099 33.48% James H. Scott
After his election:
1 Mar 1887 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,578 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19444(F) — 22 Jan 2022 00:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,847 51.62% +116 Loser:
CONS
 1,731 48.38% George T. Blackstock

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
6		 Ontario
19 October 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19688(F) — 24 Sep 2023 13:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. James Rowand
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,726 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19796(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 1,962 52.66% Robert Beith

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Edward Blake		 11 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Edward Blake		 11 Apr 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Blake, Edward		 11 Apr 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Blake, Edward		 11 Apr 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Edward Blake		 11 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Edward Blake		 11 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Edward Blake, P.C., Q.C., M.P.		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Edward Blake, C.P., c.r., député		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edward Blake		 11 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Edward Blake		 11 Apr 2024

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