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♂ Blake Richards
aliasBlake Richards
Record
52446 · 848

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Opposition
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 8 November 1974
Age 49 years + 5 months
First mandate 14 October 2008 → 15 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 11 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Blake Richards (1974– )
© Photo 2018 Andrew Scheer — licensed under CC0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 15 6 8

Electoral history

Races * 6  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Derek Sloan  m 
 
 
Eligible: 90,193 Votes: 50,671 Participation: 56.18% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Alberta
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5714(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
CPC
 1/5 36,869 72.92% +30,479 Loser:
GRN
 6,390 12.64% Lisa Fox

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 95,631 Votes: 58,552 Participation: 61.23% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Alberta
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6254(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
CPC
 1/5 43,669 74.74% +37,074 Loser:
NDP
 6,595 11.29% Jeff Horvath

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 93,079 Votes: 66,817 Participation: 71.79% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Alberta
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7332(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CPC
 1/4 42,228 63.37% +24,848 Loser:
LIB
 17,380 26.08% Marlo Raynolds

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 108,264 Votes: 78,473 Participation: 72.48% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 Alberta
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26780(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
CPC
 1/5 55,504 71.09% +47,079 Loser:
LIB
 8,425 10.79% Gwyneth Midgley

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 112,509 Votes: 77,384 Participation: 68.78% Candidacies: 9
Federal
44		 Alberta
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36131(F) — 20 Apr 2024 10:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CPC
 1/9 43,677 56.73% +31,195 Loser:
NDP
 12,482 16.21% Sarah Zagoda

Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Airdrie—Cochrane
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Alberta
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39320(P) — 20 Jan 2024 22:02 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
50
CPC
 1/6   63.01%   Loser:
NDP

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Blake Richards, M.P.		 11 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Blake Richards, député		 11 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Blake Richards		 11 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Blake Richards		 11 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Mar 2024 08:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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