Kenny Blatchford
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| Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Edmonton East | |
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In office September 14, 1926 – July 28, 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Ambrose Bury |
| Succeeded by | Ambrose Bury |
| 17th Mayor of Edmonton | |
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In office December 10, 1923 – December 13, 1926 |
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| Preceded by | David Duggan |
| Succeeded by | Ambrose Bury |
| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council | |
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In office December 12, 1921 – December 10, 1923 |
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| Born | March 5, 1882 Minnedosa, Manitoba |
| Died | April 20, 1933 (aged 51) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada, Citizens League |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Lauder Walker |
| Children | Two sons (including Howard Peter Blatchford) and one daughter |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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Kenneth Alexander Blatchford (March 5, 1882 – April 20, 1933) was a Canadian politician who served as both mayor of Edmonton, Alberta and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.
Kenny Blatchford was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba. He was educated at a commercial college, and was an excellent wrestler and all-around athlete as a youth.
He moved to Edmonton with his parents by ox-cart during the 1890s, and began selling newspapers. During the Klondike Gold Rush, he took over operation of the grist mill operated by Daniel Fraser, and later worked in the Edmonton Power Plant. He married Grace Lauder Walker on 19 December 1904, with whom he would have two sons and a daughter.
Kenny Blatchford was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Blatchford first sought public office in the 1921 municipal election, when he was elected to Edmonton City Council for a one-year term as an alderman, finishing fifth out of seventeen candidates. While the top five candidates were to have been elected to two year terms, with the sixth and seventh-place finishers winning one year terms, Bickerton Pratt, who finished seventh, won a two-year term by virtue of being from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River; resultingly, Blatchford won only a one-year term.
He was re-elected, this time to a two-year term, in the 1922 election, in which he finished third of sixteen candidates. He resigned midway through his term to run for mayor in the 1923 election, in which he handily defeated James Ramsey. He was re-elected with relative ease in the 1924 and 1925 elections, and did not seek re-election thereafter.
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