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♂ Matthew Robert Blake
aliasMatthew Robert Blake
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Birth 7 January 1875 → 149 years + 3 months ago
Lived 62 years + 10 months
First mandate 17 December 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 11 months
Death 21 November 1937 → 86 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 11 months after 5 December 1921
Special notes
None
 
Matthew Robert Blake (1875–1937)
© Photo 1918 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Blake, a Unionist Conservative from Manitoba, is said to have "vociferously" opposed the Winnipeg General Strike in the House of Commons. Two years later, he was defeated in the 1921 general election, and failed twice (in 1925 and 1930) to regain his seat in the Commons.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 11 18

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Abraham A. Heaps  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Jacob Penner  m 
⊖ Robert B. Russell  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward J. McMurray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Richard A. Rigg  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,128 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Manitoba
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21395(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
UNIO
 1/2 9,656 73.55% +6,184 Loser:
LL
 3,472 26.45% Richard A. Rigg

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,513 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
14		 Manitoba
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21562(F) — 23 Jan 2022 22:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
NLCP
 3/4 3,045 28.96% -764 Winner:
LIB
 3,809 36.23% Edward J. McMurray
Eligible: 15,274 Votes: 12,236 Participation: 80.11% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Manitoba
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21833(F) — 26 Jun 2023 14:55 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
50
LC
 2/3 3,882 31.73% -899 Winner:
LAB
 4,781 39.07% Abraham A. Heaps
Eligible: 24,781 Votes: 14,082 Participation: 56.83% Candidacies: 3
Federal
17		 Manitoba
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22358(F) — 24 Jan 2022 22:51 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
55
LC
 2/3 5,011 35.58% -1,896 Winner:
LAB
 6,907 49.05% Abraham A. Heaps

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Matthew Robert Blake (1875-1937)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Matthew Robert Blake, M.P.		 01 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Matthew Robert Blake, député		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Matthew Robert Blake		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 21:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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