Roderick Blaker
Roderick "Rod" Blaker (born 23 November 1936 in Montreal, Quebec)[1] was a Liberal Party of Canada member of the House of Commons.
History
[edit]Before entering politics, Blaker was a lawyer and broadcast editorialist.[1] He was first elected in the electoral district of Lachine in the 1972 federal election and was re-elected in 1974, in 1979, and in 1980. He served consecutive terms in the 29th to the |32nd Parliaments and retired before the 1984 federal election.
During his time in Parliament, Blaker served as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services from 1976 to 1977, the Solicitor General of Canada from 1977 to 1978 and the Minister for International Trade in 1984.[1] He was also the Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1980 to 1984 and the Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole from 1982 to 1984.[1]
Blaker's 1974 election campaign was later noted for being the involvement of Doug Finley's first federal campaign. Finley later became a major election strategist for the Conservative Party of Canada,[2] and was appointed to the Senate.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Profile of Rod Blaker; PARLINFO, Parliamentarian File. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- ^ Uncredited, Harper's backroom general Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine;Canwest News Service. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
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