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Family says Bill Blaikie, who served as NDP MP for nearly 30 years, dies

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The Canadian Press

Bill Blaikie, MP for Transcona, is photographed in his Winnipeg constituency office Thursday, March 15, 2007. Blaikie, who spent nearly 30 years as an MP, has died.
Bill Blaikie, MP for Transcona, is photographed in his Winnipeg constituency office Thursday, March 15, 2007. Blaikie, who spent nearly 30 years as an MP, has died. Photo by JOHN WOODS /Canadian Press

WINNIPEG — Manitoba politician Bill Blaikie, who spent nearly 30 years as a Member of Parliament with the federal New Democrats, has died.

His son, NDP Finance Critic Daniel Blaikie, posted a family statement on social media saying his father died Saturday at home in the presence of his wife, Brenda.

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Bill Blaikie had announced publicly earlier this month that he was entering palliative care.

Blaikie was first elected to the House of Commons in 1979 representing a Winnipeg riding for the NDP, and at one point was the longest-serving MP in the House of Commons.

He left Ottawa in 2008, won a seat in the Manitoba legislature the following year and was named the province’s minister of conservation before leaving politics in 2011.

The family statement says funeral details will follow in the days ahead.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 24, 2022.