Allan Emrys Emrys Blakeney

Background

Blakeney, Allan Emrys was born on September 7, 1925 in Bridgewater, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of John Cline and Bertha (Davies) Blakeney.

Education

Bachelor, Dalhousie U., 1945; Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie U., 1947; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dalhousie U. Bachelor (Rhodes scholar), University of Oxford, 1949; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1955; Data Control Language (honorary), Mount Allison U. Doctor of Laws (honorary), York University, Toronto Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Western Ontario, London, 1991; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Regina, 1993; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Saskatchewan, 1995.

Career

Queen's counsel, 1961; secretary to government finance office, Government Saskatchewan, 1950-1955; chairman, Saskatchewan Securities Commission, 1955-1958; partner, Davidson, Davidson & Blakeney, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1958-1960; partner, Griffin, Blakeney, Beke, Koskie & Lueck, Regina, 1964-1970; premier of, Saskatchewan, 1971-1982; Member, Saskatchewan Legislature, 1960-1988. Officer of the Order of Canada, 1992. Leader of the opposition Saskatchewan Legislature, 1970-1971, 82-87.

Professor Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 1988-1990, U. Saskatchewan, since 1990. Minister of education, Saskatchewan, 1960-1961, provincial treasurer, 1961-1962, minister public health, 1962-1964. Member Royal Commision on Aborginal Peoples, 1991-1993.

Achievements

• Allan Emrys Blakeney has been listed as a reputable Canadian government official, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Legislative.; Senate, University of Saskatchewan. 1960-1962.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Schwartz, 1950 (deceased 1957). Married Anne Louise Gorham, May 1959. Children: Barbara, Hugh, David, Margaret.

Father:

John Cline Blakeney

Mother:

Bertha (Davies) Blakeney

Spouse:

Anne Louise Gorham

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Schwartz

child:

Barbara Blakeney

child:

Margaret Blakeney

child:

David Blakeney

child:

Hugh Blakeney