Physician, MP (1917-1921).
Born at Belfast, Huron County, Ontario on 7 January 1875, son of William Blake and Mary Jane Mallough, he was educated at Goderich Collegiate and Trinity Medical School (Toronto), Rotunda Hospital (Dublin, Ireland), University College (London, England) and King’s College (London, England). He did four years of post graduate work in London and Dublin from 1902 to 1906.
In 1906, he married Hattie Frances Jackson (c1876-1914) with whom he had two children: Daniel Robert Blake (1911-1963) and Margaret Elizabeth Blake (1914-1965, wife of Douglas Lorne Gibson). During the First World War, he served as a Medical Officer with the 106th Battalion Light Infantry and the 10th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was elected to the House of Commons for Winnipeg North in 1917. Two years later, he vociferously opposed the Winnipeg General Strike in the House. He contested Winnipeg North at the 1921 federal election but was defeated by Edward James McMurray, the Liberal candidate. He was also defeated in the 1925 and 1930 federal general elections.
He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 21 November 1937 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Blake House (275 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)
Birth registrations [Daniel Blake, Margaret Elizabeth Blake], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registrations [Hattie Frances Blake, Matthew Robert Blake], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Dr. Blake dies Sunday in hospital,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 November 1937, page 1.
“Notice,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 December 1938, page 4.
The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967, edited by J. K. Johnson, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa [Library and Archives Canada], 1968.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, December 1999, 288 pages.
Daniel Robert Blake, FindAGrave.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 January 2026
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