Manitoba politician Bill Blaikie, who spent nearly 30 years as a Member of Parliament with the federal New Democrats, has died.
Blaikie, an ordained United Church minister, also held a position as an adjunct professor in theology at the University of Winnipeg.
In 2003, he lost his bid for leadership of the federal party to Jack Layton in a contest that pitted Layton and the trendy new left against Blaikie and the traditional, Prairie populist wing. His switch to provincial politics caught many off guard, some party insiders remarked at the time. He said he sought the nomination after former Manitoba NDP premier Gary Doer asked him to consider it when a member of Doer’s caucus quit to run for Blaikie’s vacated federal seat.
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