Blaikie was a Canadian politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2008, representing Elmwood-Transcona and its antecedent ridings in the House of Commons of Canada for the Federal New Democratic Party.
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Following his retirement from federal politics, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2009 until 2011, representing the Winnipeg division of Elmwood as a member of the New Democratic Party and serving as Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader.
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Blaikie had the longest continuous parliamentary record in the 38th and 39th Canadian parliaments, and in this capacity served as the Dean of the House.
He holds the record of having the longest continuous parliamentary service of any CCF/NDP MP in Canadian History.
Blaikie was a member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada. Blaikie was the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 2006 to 2008.
Blaikie died on Saturday, September 24, 2022, following a battle with metastatic kidney cancer, according to a Facebook post by his son, Daniel Blaikie.
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