Edward Blake-Rudkowski
Edward Blake-Rudkowski | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Nunatsiavut Assembly | |
| In office June 7, 2017 – November 23, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Tyler Edmunds |
| Succeeded by | Marlene Winters-Wheeler |
| Ordinary Member of the Nunatsiavut Assembly for Canada | |
| In office ? – November 23, 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
Other political affiliations | New Democratic Party |
Edward Blake Rudkowski is a former member of the Nunatsiavut Assembly.
In the 2014 elections in Nunatsiavut, he ran for ordinary member for Canada in the Nunatsiavut Assembly.[2] He got 108 votes in that election, coming in fourth place.[3]
He was the New Democratic Party's candidate for the Labrador electoral district in the 2015 Canadian federal election.[4]
Later, on June 7, 2017, former Nunatsiavut Assembly speaker Tyler Edmunds was appointed Minister of Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology, Rudkowski was nominated as his successor as speaker.[5] He was then re-elected to his seat in the May 1, 2018 elections.[6]
Blake-Rudowski would keep his seat in the Assembly until 2020, when his membership in the Labrador Inuit Enrollment Register was revoked due to him having only 17.14% blood quantum. As a result, he lost his seat in the assembly.[7][8] Blake-Rudkowski would later question this decision.[9]
He is also the head of the Them Days magazine.[10]
| Canada – 2018 Nunatsiavut general election | |||
| [6] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Blake-Rudkowski | 477 | 38.07% | |
| Roland Saunders | 258 | 20.59% | |
| Lela Evans | 234 | 18.68% | |
| Charlotte Winters-Fost | 194 | 15.48% | |
| Selina Adams | 90 | 7.18% | |
| Total Valid Ballots | 1,253 | 100% | |
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Labrador | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Yvonne Jones | 8,878 | 71.75 | +23.76 | $95,326.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Edward Rudkowski | 1,779 | 14.38 | –4.81 | $47,898.82 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Penashue | 1,716 | 13.87 | –18.53 | $24,186.27 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 12,373 | 99.57 | $204,663.38 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 53 | 0.43 | –0.42 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,426 | 61.99 | +4.00 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 20,045 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +14.29 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Mandel, Charles (9 October 2015). "Conservative support evaporates in Labrador as Liberals close in | Canada's National Observer: Climate News". National Observer. Archived from the original on 20 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
- ↑ "Angnigigatsait uKausiujut Mai 6th, angnigusuttuKalippat kiggatuttisanik". Nunatsiavut Government. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Angnigusunniusimajut kiggatuttisanik". Nunatsiavut Government. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Quick Facts: Labrador". APTN National News. 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "New Ministers and Speaker appointed during sitting of Nunatsiavut Assembly" (PDF). June 7, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2026.
- 1 2 "General Election for Ordinary Members to the Nunatsiavut Assembly". Nunatsiavut Government. May 1, 2018. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved Nov 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Blake Rudkowski no longer Ordinary Member for Canada after having membership revoked" (PDF). November 23, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2026.
- ↑ Careen, Evan (30 November 2020). "Speaker of Inuit government has Nunatsiavut membership revoked". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Speaker for Nunatsiavut Assembly removed from government after Inuit status questioned". CBC News. November 27, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ "The end days for Them Days? Labrador magazine asking government for more funding". CBC News. September 1, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine