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'''Roderick "Rod" Blaker''' (born 23 November 1936 in [[Montreal]], [[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|Liberal party]] member of the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]].

'''Roderick "Rod" Blaker''' (born 23 November 1936 in [[Montreal]], [[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|Liberal party]] member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]].

==History==

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

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

Before entering politics, Blaker was a lawyer and broadcast editorialist.<ref name=parl/> He was first elected in the electoral district of [[Lachine (electoral district)|Lachine]] in the [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972 federal election]] and was re-elected in [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]], [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979]] and [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980]]. He served consecutive terms in the [[29th Canadian Parliament|29th]] to [[32nd Canadian Parliament]]s, then retired before the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 federal election]].

During his time in Parliament, Blaker served as a [[List of parliamentary secretaries of Canada|Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Supply and Services]] from 1976 to 1977, the [[Solicitor General of Canada]] from 1977 to 1978 and the [[Minister of International Trade Diversification|Minister for International Trade]] in 1984.<ref name=parl/> He was also the Assistant Deputy [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] 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]], in Finley's first federal campaign. Finley later became a major election strategist for the [[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]]. Retrieved 2013-02-12.</ref> and was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]].

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