Edwin Blake
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | 9th | Avon | Independent | ||
| 1887–1890 | 10th | Avon | Independent | ||
| 1890–1893 | 11th | Avon | Liberal | ||
Edwin Blake (1830 – 18 March 1914) was a 19th-century
Early life
Blake was born in Hampstead, England.[1] He and his brother Walter were both educated at Wimborne[2] and then Eton College.[3] Edwin Blake was a civil engineer and surveyor.[1] In England, he worked on railway projects.[2]
New Zealand
Edwin Blake came to Otago in 1861 and moved to
In the 1881 election, Blake contested the Kumara electorate, but was beaten by 700 to 624 votes by Richard Seddon.[6] He moved back to Christchurch in 1882,[2] but contested the Kumara electorate once again in the 1884 election;[7] the incumbent Seddon again won the contest.[8] Blake represented the Avon electorate from the 1887 Avon by-election to 1893,[9][10] when he was defeated standing in the Lyttelton electorate.[11]
He died on 18 March 1914 and was buried at Linwood Cemetery.[12] Blakes Road in Belfast is named for him and his younger brother John William.[13]
Notes
- ^ a b "Mr. Edwin Blake". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. 1903. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Scholefield 1940, p. 74.
- ^ a b Holm 2005, p. 192.
- ^ Holm 2005, pp. 195, 232.
- ^ Holm 2005, pp. 236f, 239.
- ^ Cooper 1882, p. 2.
- ^ "Nominations". Grey River Argus. Vol. XXXI, no. 4931. 16 July 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 233.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 185.
- ^ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database". Christchurch City Libraries. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ Harper, Margaret. "Christchurch Street Names B" (PDF). Christchurch City Libraries. p. 72. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
References
- Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- Holm, Janet (2005). Caught Mapping: The Life and Times of New Zealand's Early Surveyors. Christchurch: Hazard Press. ISBN 1-877270-86-5.
- Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- 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.