Richard Blain (December 8, 1857 – November 27, 1926) was a Canadian politician.
Born in
Vienna
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Canada West
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the son of Isaac Blain and Mary Brodrick, Blain was a hardware merchant.
In 1888, he married Hattie James.
He was a member of the Brampton Town Council for ten years. He was also Reeve and Deputy Reeve of Brampton and Warden of Peel County.
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/ref> He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada
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for the electoral district of Peel at the general elections of 1900. A Conservative
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, he was re-elected in 1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
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, 1908, and 1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
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. In 1917, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada
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representing the senatorial division
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of Peel, Ontario on the advice of Prime Minister
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Robert Borden
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. He served until his death in 1926 in Brampton.
References
1857 births
1926 deaths
Canadian senators from Ontario
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
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