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Edward Blake 1833-1912

Photos by Alan L Brown - June, 2009

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Plaque Location

In the City of London in the County of Middlesex
at coordinates N 42 58.926 W 81 15.261
on the wall in the reception area of the Middlesex Court House.

Plaque Text

Lawyer, leading member of the Canada First movement, and statesman, Edward Blake was born in Middlesex County, Upper Canada. He was the second premier of Ontario (1871-2) and a member of the House of Commons for twenty-two years, serving as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Alexander Mackenzie and as leader of the federal Liberal party (1880-1887). An authority on the constitution and exponent of provincial rights, he argued a number of important cases before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He sat in the British parliament as an Irish Nationalist (1892-1907). He died in Toronto.

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