Pierre Édouard Blondin

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The Hon. Pierre Édouard Blondin

Pierre Édouard Blondin, PC (December 14, 1874 – October 29, 1943) was a Canadian politician.

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Champlain in 1908 and 1911. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1917. He held many cabinet positions including Postmaster General, Minister of Mines, Secretary of State of Canada, and Minister of Inland Revenue. As well, he was Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons.

In 1918, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of The Laurentides, Quebec. From 1930 to 1936, he was the Speaker of the Canadian Senate. He died in office in 1943.

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v • d • e Ministers of Inland Revenue Ministers of Inland Revenue (1867-1892) Howland · Campbell (acting) · Morris · Tupper · O'Connor · Gibbs · Fournier · Geoffrion · Laflamme · Cauchon · Laurier · Baby · Aikins · Costigan Controllers of Inland Revenue (1892-1897) Wood · Prior · de Lotbinière Ministers of Inland Revenue (1897-1918) de Lotbinière · Bernier · Brodeur · Templeman · Nantel · Blondin · Patenaude · Sévigny · Sifton1 1 The offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue amalgamated and the office of Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue was created by Order in Council dated May 18, 1918.

v • d • e Postmasters General Campbell · O'Connor · Macdonald · Fournier · Huntington · Langevin · Campbell · O'Connor · Campbell · O'Connor · Carling · Campbell · McLelan · Carling (acting) · Haggart · Caron · Taillon · Mulock · Aylesworth · Lemieux · Béland · Pelletier · Casgrain · Blondin · Belley · Murphy · Manion · Veniot · Sauvé · Gobeil · Elliott · McLarty · Power · Ilsley (acting) · Mulock · Bertrand · Rinfret · Côté · Pinard (acting) · Lapointe · Hamilton · MacLean (acting) · Fairclough · Denis · Nicholson · Tremblay · Côté · Kierans · Côté · Ouellet · Mackasey · Blais · Lamontagne · Fraser · Ouellet1 1The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

v • d • e Secretaries of State of Canada Langevin · Aikins · Christie · Scott · Aikins · O'Connor · Mousseau · Chapleau · Patterson · Costigan · Dickey · Montague · Ouimet (acting) · Daly (acting) · Tupper · Scott · Murphy · Roche · Coderre · Blondin · Patenaude · Sévigny (acting) · Meighen · Burrell · Sifton · Drayton (acting) · Monty · Copp · Foster · Murphy (acting) · Lapointe · Perley · Rinfret · Cahan · Rinfret · Lapointe · Casgrain · McLarty · Martin · Gibson · Bradley · Pickersgill · Pinard · Fairclough · Courtemanche · Balcer · Dorion · Balcer · Halpenny · Pickersgill · Lamontagne · LaMarsh · Connolly · Marchand · Pelletier · Faulkner · Roberts · MacDonald · Fox · Regan · Joyal · McLean · B. Bouchard · Crombie · L. Bouchard · Weiner · de Cotret · Landry1 1The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

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