BLAKE, EDWARD (1833-1912), Irish-Canadian states man, whose father, W. H. Blake, chancellor of Ontario, settled in Canada in 1832, was born on Oct. 13 1833 at Adelaide, Ontario. Blake was called to the bar in 1856, and in 1867 became a member, both of the Dominion parliament and of the legislature of Ontario. He was Liberal prime minister of Ontario in 1873, also a member of Alexander Mackenzie's Dominion cabinet, though without port folio. In 1875 he became minister of justice and took the chief part in drafting the constitution of the Canadian supreme court. From 188o-87 he led the Liberal Opposition. He was then suc ceeded by Sir Wilfred Laurier. After his resignation he returned to Ireland, to take an active part in Irish politics. In fact, he did very little, although he sat for Longford as a Nationalist in the British House of Commons. Blake returned to Canada and died at Toronto on March 1, 1912.