Pierre Édouard Blondin

The Hon. Pierre Édouard Blondin
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Champlain
In office 1908 – 1917
Preceded by	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau
Succeeded by	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers
Senator for The Laurentides, Quebec
In office 1918–1943
Appointed by	Robert Borden
Preceded by	Joseph Shehyn
Succeeded by	Télésophore Damien Bouchard
Speaker of the Canadian Senate
In office 1930–1936
Preceded by	Arthur Charles Hardy
Succeeded by	Walter Edward Foster
Personal details
Born	(1874-12-14)December 14, 1874 St-François du Lac, Quebec
Died	October 29, 1943(1943-10-29) (aged 68)
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of Inland Revenue (1914–1915) Secretary of State of Canada (1915–1917) Minister of Mines (1915–1917) Postmaster General (1917–1921)

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

Biography

He was born on December 14, 1874.

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 Laurier—Outremont during the 1917 wartime election held during the Conscription Crisis of 1917 when conscription was highly unpopular in Quebec.

He held many cabinet positions in Sir Robert Borden's Cabinet 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 March, 1917 he resigned his position as Postmaster General of Canada to become a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Army. He then went on a recruitment tour in a bid to get more French Canadians to join the war effort.

In 1918, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of The Laurentides, Quebec and was re-appointed to the Cabinet as Postmaster General of Canada. From 1930 to 1936, he was the Speaker of the Canadian Senate.

He died in office on October 29, 1943.

External links

• Pierre Édouard Blondin – Parliament of Canada biography

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 Sifton† †The offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue were amalgamated by Order in Council dated May 18, 1918.

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.

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.

Speakers of the Senate of Canada Cauchon J. Ross Cauchon Botsford Cauchon Chauveau Christie Wilmot Macpherson Botsford Macpherson Miller Plumb Allan Lacoste J. J. Ross Pelletier Power Dandurand Kerr Landry Bolduc Bostock Hardy Blondin Foster Parent Vien King Beauregard Robertson Drouin White Bourget Smith Deschatelets Fergusson Lapointe Grosart Marchand Riel Charbonneau LeBlanc Molgat Hays Kinsella Nolin