Blain Kevin Morin (born September 30, 1960) is a former politician in

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, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the

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from 1998 to 1999 who was elected in a by-election. He represented the riding of

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in the

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area.

Background

Morin was president of the

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, Sudbury district. He subsequently worked for the

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Politics

Morin ran in a by-election to replace

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who had retired in 1998. He was elected to the legislature in a

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on October 1, 1998 defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Gerry Courtemanche by 1,364 votes. In 1999, the provincial ridings of Nickel Belt and

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were merged for the 1999 provincial election; even during the by-election campaign, Morin was already indicating that he did not intend to compete against Sudbury East's popular incumbent

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for the merged riding's nomination. There was some consideration that he might run for the NDP nomination in the neighbouring riding of

instead, but he did not do so.

Electoral record

After politics

After leaving the legislature in 1999, Morin went back to work for CUPE as a health and safety representative.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morin, Blain 1960 births Trade unionists from Ontario Franco-Ontarian people Living people Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs Politicians from Greater Sudbury