Thomas Henry Blow (January 22, 1862 – December 27, 1932) was a Canadian provincial level politician and physician from

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Early life

Thomas Henry Blow was born January 22, 1862, in North Mountain, Canada West (currently within

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) to Robert H. Blow and Sarah Henderson. Blow attended Kemptville High School, and went on to

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where he completed his

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in 1885. He worked in

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and

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, until moving to

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in 1903.

Political life

Blow first ran for the Alberta Legislature as part of a 2-man Conservative slate in the

provincial electoral district in the

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. He finished 4th out of 5th place in the block vote. The winners was the other Conservative candidate in the slate Richard Bennett and Liberal incumbent

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. The province's electoral districts would see significant redistribution in the

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and Calgary would be divided up into 3 constituencies. Blow ran as the Conservative candidate in the new South Calgary riding. He won the new district in a landslide over Liberal candidate Clifford Jones. Blow served in the official opposition. Blow stood for re-election in the

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this time defeating Labor candidate and future federal Member of Parliament William Irvine and alderman John McNeill to earn a second term in office. Calgary would grow to 5 seats in the

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and be changed back to a block vote, Blow would run for re-election amongst 20 other candidates. He would finish 12th out of 21 and go down to defeat. He died in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1932.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
* Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1862 births 1932 deaths Physicians from Alberta McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni {{Alberta-politician-stub

Early life

Political life

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