About Edwin Blake
Lived 1830 – 1914 (aged 83–84). Edwin Blake was a New Zealand politician.
Edwin Blake (1830 – 18 March 1914) was a 19th-century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Early life Blake was born in Hampstead, England. He and his brother Walter were both educated at Wimborne and then Eton College. Edwin Blake was a civil engineer and surveyor. the incumbent Seddon again won the contest. Blake represented the Avon electorate from the 1887 Avon by-election to , when he was defeated standing in the electorate.
He died on 18 March 1914 and was buried at Linwood Cemetery. Blakes Road in Belfast is named for him and his younger brother John William.
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New Zealand politician
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Edwin Blake was born in 1830.
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Edwin Blake died on 18 March 1914.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Edwin Blake. https://biography.guide/edwin-blake/
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