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Ted Blanchard
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Education
In his teens, he worked for Bowater in Corner Brook as a stevedore before returning to school to earn his teacher"s certificate.
Career
He represented Bay of Islands in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1985 to 1989. He worked in a sole-charge school in Trinity East for two years. Blanchard married Joyce Randell in 1950.
He was well-known as a fiddle player, taking up the instrument when he was eight.
He performed in live music shows on the radio during the 1950s. In 1957, he released Newfoundland Old Time Fiddle Music, the first commercial recording of Newfoundland fiddle music, performing with fiddler Don Randell.
He performed in the house band for the Canadian Broadcasting Company television show All Around the Circle. He took part in the Royal Saint John"s Regatta, competing until the age of 78 and also participating as a committee member and coach.
Blanchard worked for the Canadian Unemployment Insurance Commission briefly before joining the provincial public service in 1950.
He was Chief Executive Officer of the Newfoundland Labour Relations Board from 1959 to 1968 and was employed with the provincial treasury board during the 1970s. Blanchard held every executive position in the Newfoundland Department of Labour up to and including assistant deputy minister. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1985 and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour.
He did not run for reelection in 1989.
He died in Saint John"s at the age of 84.
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March 22, 2014 (aged 84) -
Nationality
Canada