William Alexander Blaikie a Canadian politician was a Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2008, representing Elmwood—Transcona and its antecedent ridings in the House of Commons of Canada for the federal New Democratic Party.
Following his retirement from federal politics, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2009 until 2011, representing the Winnipeg division of Elmwood as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, and served as Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader.
Bill Blaikie death: What happened to Bill Blaikie?
Following a fight with metastatic kidney cancer, Blaikie passed away on Saturday in Winnipeg, according to a Facebook post by his son, Daniel Blaikie.
Blaikie had the longest continuous parliamentary record in the 38th and 39th Canadian parliaments, and in this capacity served as the Dean of the House.
He also holds the record of having the longest continuous parliamentary service of any CCF/NDP MP in Canadian History.
He was a member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada.
