Derek Nigel Ernest Blackburn (June 16, 1934 – October 12, 2017) was a Canadian politician, who served as a
Member of Parliament from 1971 to 1993.
[Tony L. Hill, ''Canadian Politics, Riding by Riding: An In-depth Analysis of Canada's 301 Federal Electoral Districts''. Prospect Park Press, 2002. . p. 256.] He represented the electoral district of
Brant as a member of the
New Democratic Party
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[ Blackburn served for a period as the party's Defense critic.
He was raised in ]Stratford, Ontario
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, and was the son of John and Mabel Blackburn.
First elected in a by-election
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A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
in 1971,[ Blackburn was reelected in every subsequent election up to and including the 1988 election.][ He retired from elected politics in 1993 when he was appointed to the federal ]Immigration and Refugee Board
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. Blackburn died on October 12, 2017, at the age of 83.
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1934 births
2017 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
New Democratic Party MPs
Politicians from Brantford
Politicians from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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