Edwin Blake

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1887	9th	Avon		Independent
1887–1890	10th	Avon		Independent
1890–1893	11th	Avon		Liberal

The headstone of Edwin Blake at Linwood Cemetery, probably fallen over in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Edwin Blake (1830 – 18 March 1914) was a 19th-century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Biography

Blake was a civil engineer and surveyor, and he was born in Hampstead, England.^[1]

Although he lived in Christchurch, he contested the Kumara electorate on the West Coast against Richard Seddon in the 1884 election;^[2] the incumbent Seddon won the contest.^[3] Blake represented the Avon electorate from the 1887 Avon by-election to 1893,^[4][5] when he was defeated standing in the Lyttelton electorate.^[6]

He died on 18 March 1914 and was buried at Linwood Cemetery.^[7] Blakes Road in Belfast is named for him and his younger brother John William.^[8]

Notes

1. "Mr. Edwin Blake". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. 1903. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
2. "Nominations". Grey River Argus. XXXI (4931). 16 July 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
3. Wilson 1985, p. 233.
4. Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
5. Wilson 1985, p. 185.
6. The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
7. "Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
8. Harper, Margaret. "Christchurch Street Names B" (PDF). Christchurch City Libraries. p. 72. Retrieved 4 May 2011.

References

• Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.