Thomas Aston Blakelock was an English

England

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-born merchant, building contractor and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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. He represented Halton

Halton (provincial electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1929 to 1943 as a Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

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 member.

Born in Pickering

Pickering, North Yorkshire

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, Yorkshire

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, the son of James Blakelock and Mary Bulman, he came to Canada in 1906, establishing a lumber company with his brother James Bulman Blakelock. Blakelock served on the town council for Oakville

Oakville, Ontario

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, also serving as deputy reeve, reeve and mayor, as well as warden of Halton County

Halton County, Ontario

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. In 1909, he married Isabel Parnaby. Blakelock was also building commissioner for the Oakville Board of Education. T. A. Blakelock High School

T. A. Blakelock High School

T.A. Blakelock High School is the second oldest high school in the town of Oakville, Ontario, and has the oldest high school building in Oakville still in use as a school. The school was built in 1957. There are 1,100 students at T.A. Blakelock. The school is named after Thomas Aston Blakelock.The...

was named in his honour.