Thomas Aston Blakelock Explained

Thomas Aston Blakelock
Parliament1:Ontario Provincial
Term Start1:1929
Term End1:1943
Predecessor1:George Hillmer
Successor1:Stanley Hall
Riding1:Halton
Office2:Mayor of Oakville
Term Start2:1929
Term End2:1929
Predecessor2:W.N. Robinson
Successor2:J.B. Moat
Birth Date:10 August 1883
Birth Place:Pickering, Yorkshire, England
Party:Liberal-Progressive
Otherparty:Ontario Liberal Party
Spouse:Isabel Parnaby

Thomas Aston Blakelock (August 10, 1883  - January 16, 1974)[1] was an English-born merchant, building contractor and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Halton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1943 as a Liberal-Progressive member.

Born in Pickering, Yorkshire, the son of James Blakelock and Mary Bulman,[2] he moved to Canada in 1906, establishing a lumber company with his brother James Bulman Blakelock. Blakelock sat on the town council for Oakville and was also deputy reeve, reeve and mayor, as well as warden of Halton County. In 1909, he married Isabel Parnaby.[2] [3] Blakelock was also building commissioner for the Oakville Board of Education. He died in 1974 and T. A. Blakelock High School was named in his honour.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas A Blakelock . Findagrave.
  2. Book: Normandin, A L. Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939 . 1939 .
  3. Web site: 131 Trafalgar Road, Oakville Heritage Impact Assessment . Town of Oakville . 2011-07-10 . 10 . 2011-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928164909/http://www.oakville.ca/Media_Files/planning10/da-z161358-heritage.pdf.
  4. Web site: A Brief Explanation of School Names . Halton District School Board . 2011-07-10 . 2012-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120730125144/http://www.hdsb.ca/Schools/Pages/ABriefExplanationofNamesChosenforSchools.aspx.