Richard Blain Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Richard Blain
Constituency Mp:Peel
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Joseph Featherston
Successor:Samuel Charters
Term Start:1900
Term End:1917
Office2:Senator for Peel, Ontario
Appointed2:Robert Borden
Term Start2:1917
Term End2:1926
Birth Date:8 December 1857
Birth Place:Vienna, Canada West
Death Place:Brampton, Ontario
Party:Conservative

Richard Blain (December 8, 1857  - November 27, 1926) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Vienna, Canada West, the son of Isaac Blain and Mary Brodrick, Blain was a hardware merchant. In 1888, he married Hattie James.[1] 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.[2] He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Peel at the general elections of 1900. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1904, 1908, and 1911. In 1917, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Peel, Ontario on the advice of Prime Minister Robert Borden. He served until his death in 1926 in Brampton.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.
  2. https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904