Life and Career
Born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Blakeney took his law degree at Dalhousie Law School, and was a Rhodes Scholar at Queen's College, Oxford, where he played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club.
On returning to Canada, he became a senior civil servant in Saskatchewan before entering politics in 1960 and serving as a cabinet minister in the governments of Tommy Douglas and Woodrow S. Lloyd. As minister of health, he played a crucial role in the introduction of Medicare.
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