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Edwin Blake (1830 - ) was a New Zealand member of Parliament.

Early life
was born in 1830 in Hampstead, England, and educated in Winbourn, Dorset. He was brought up as a civil engineer, and was afterwards employed on British railways for some years. Mr. Blake arrived in Port Chalmers in 1861.

Political career
He represented the Avon electorate during 1887–93. At a by-election on 1 June 1887, Blake contested the electorate with William Dunlop. Candidate nomination

At the 1887 general election, he contested the electorate against E. G. Wright. In 1990, he contested the electorate against G. G. Stead.