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♂ Roderick Blaker
aliasRoderick Blaker
Record
5289 · 886

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 23 November 1936
Age 87 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 7 months ago (3 September 1984)
Special notes
None
 
Roderick Blaker (1936– )
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 10 1

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert J. Pratt  m 
 		 ⊖ Raymond Rock  m 
 
Eligible: 53,892 Votes: 46,828 Participation: 86.89% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10331(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
LIB
 1/4 26,680 58.20% +15,336 Loser:
PC
 11,344 24.75% Raymond Rock

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,365 Votes: 42,591 Participation: 74.25% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10595(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/6 22,068 53.29% +8,518 Loser:
PC
 13,550 32.72% Robert J. Pratt

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,362 Votes: 47,151 Participation: 83.66% Candidacies: 8
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4542(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/8 29,846 63.30% +16,418 Loser:
PC
 13,428 28.48% Peter Blaikie

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,362 Votes: 42,895 Participation: 76.11% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4260(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/6 25,502 59.74% +12,648 Loser:
PC
 12,854 30.11% Peter Blaikie

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,353 Votes: 47,356 Participation: 84.03% Candidacies: 8
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3977(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
PC
 24,301 51.65% Robert E.J. Layton

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Roderick Blaker, M.P.		 17 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Roderick Blaker, député		 17 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Roderick Blaker		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Roderick Blaker		 17 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Apr 2024 21:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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