Background
Blundell was born in the Adelaide suburb of Norwood and educated at Norwood Public School.
Blundell was born in the Adelaide suburb of Norwood and educated at Norwood Public School.
He joined the Tobacco Twisters" Union and was its secretary for eight years. He became secretary of the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia and was its president in 1905. Blundell was elected to the House of Assembly seat of Adelaide at a by-election in 1907, representing the United Labor Party.
At the 1915 election in Crawford Vaughan"s Labor government he became minister of industry, mines and marine.
In 1917, he left the Labor Party due to the split over conscription and joined the National Party and was minister for repatriation, agriculture and industry in Archibald Peake"s government until his defeat at the 1918 election. At the 1919 federal election, he was elected as a Nationalist to the federal seat of Adelaide, but was defeated at the 1922 election.
Blundell returned to work for West.D. & H.O. Wills as a commercial traveller.