# Roderick Blaker

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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1936)}}
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'''Roderick "Rod" Blaker''' (born 23 November 1936 in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec))<ref name=parl>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=8b173462-ff95-47f1-a93e-a813c66ddd7b&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Profile of Rod Blaker]; PARLINFO, Parliamentarian File. Retrieved 2014-02-11.</ref> was a [Liberal Party of Canada](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) member of the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada).

==Biography ==
Before entering politics, Blaker was a lawyer and broadcast editorialist.<ref name=parl/>  He was first elected in the electoral district of [Lachine](/source/Lachine_(electoral_district)) in the [1972 federal election](/source/1972_Canadian_federal_election) and was re-elected [in 1974](/source/1974_Canadian_federal_election), [in 1979](/source/1979_Canadian_federal_election), and [in 1980](/source/1980_Canadian_federal_election). He served consecutive terms in the [29th](/source/29th_Canadian_Parliament) to the [32nd Parliaments](/source/32nd_Canadian_Parliament) and retired before the [1984 federal election](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election).

During his time in Parliament, Blaker served as a [Parliamentary Secretary](/source/List_of_parliamentary_secretaries_of_Canada) to the [Minister of Supply and Services](/source/Minister_of_Supply_and_Services)  from 1976 to 1977, the [Solicitor General of Canada](/source/Solicitor_General_of_Canada) from 1977 to 1978 and the [Minister for International Trade](/source/Minister_of_International_Trade_Diversification) in 1984.<ref name=parl/> He was also the Assistant Deputy [Speaker of the House of Commons](/source/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)) from 1980 to 1984 and the Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole from 1982 to 1984.<ref name=parl/>

Blaker's 1974 election campaign was later noted for being the involvement of [Doug Finley](/source/Doug_Finley)'s first federal campaign. Finley later became a major election strategist for the [Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada),<ref>Uncredited, [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=8ab38b84-3243-4f56-ac4d-13fa1530f722 Harper's backroom general] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512074242/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=8ab38b84-3243-4f56-ac4d-13fa1530f722 |date=12 May 2014}};[Canwest News Service](/source/Canwest_News_Service). Retrieved 2013-02-12.</ref> and was appointed to the [Senate](/source/Senate_of_Canada).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11318}}

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