Edward Blake
Edward Blake | |
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Blake in the 1870s | |
| 2nd Premier of Ontario | |
| In office 20 December 1871 – 25 October 1872 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | William Pearce Howland |
| Deputy | William Pearce Howland |
| Preceded by | John Sandfield Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Mowat |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Mackenzie |
| Succeeded by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) for South Longford | |
| In office July 1892 – August 1907 | |
| Preceded by | James Gubbins Fitzgerald |
| Succeeded by | John Phillips |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dominick Edward Blake 13 October 1833 Adelaide Township, Upper Canada |
| Died | 1 March 1912 (aged 78) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | Saint James Cemetery, Toronto |
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| Spouse | Margaret Cronyn |
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Dominick Edward Blake PC KC (13 October 1833 – 1 March 1912) was a Canadian politician and lawyer who was the second premier of Ontario from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887. He is one of three federal permanent Liberal leaders never to become Prime Minister of Canada, the others being Stéphane Dion and the latter's immediate successor Michael Ignatieff. He may be said to have served in the national politics of what developed as the affairs of three nationalities: Canadian, British, and Irish. Blake was also the founder, in 1856, of the Canadian law firm now known as Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
After retiring from Canadian politics, Blake served four terms as an MP in the United Kingdom Parliament representating the Irish National Federation and then the Irish Parliamentary Party.