David Robert Blake (March 20, 1925 – February 25, 2008) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
[1] Born on the family farm near Rapid City, Manitoba, Blake served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator from 1943 to 1945, and was in the Sixth Forward Regiment of the Royal Canadian Engineers from 1948 to 1964.
Blake was also active in the Royal Canadian Legion, freemasonry and the Manitoba Wildlife Association.
[2] Blake was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election on November 15, 1971, replacing former Progressive Conservative Premier Walter Weir in the rural riding of Minnedosa.
[1] He defeated his nearest opponent Emil Shellborn of the New Democratic Party, by over 1,000 votes.