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Place of Birth: Upper Canada
About Edward Blake
- Dominick Edward Blake, (October 13, 1833 – March 1, 1912), known as Edward Blake, was the second Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887.
- He is one of only three federal permanent Liberal leaders never to become Prime Minister of Canada, the others being Stéphane Dion and the latter's immediate successor Michael Ignatieff.
- He may be said to have served in the national politics of what developed as the affairs of three nationalities: Canadian, British, and Irish.
- Blake was also the founder, in 1856, of the Canadian law firm now known as Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
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