Thomas Aston Blakelock

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{for|the high school named in his honour|T. A. Blakelock High School}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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|name = Thomas Aston Blakelock

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|parliament1 = Ontario Provincial

|term_start1 = 1929

|term_end1 = 1943

|predecessor1 = George Hillmer

|successor1 = Stanley Hall

|riding1 = Halton

|office2 = Mayor of Oakville

|term_start2 = 1929

|term_end2 = 1929

|predecessor2 = W.N. Robinson

|successor2 = J.B. Moat

|birth_date = {{birth date|1883|08|10}}

|birth_place = Pickering, Yorkshire, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1974|1|16|1883|8|10}}

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|party = Liberal-Progressive

|otherparty = Ontario Liberal Party

|spouse = Isabel Parnaby

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Thomas Aston Blakelock (August 10, 1883 – January 16, 1974){{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240742236/thomas-a-blakelock |title=Thomas A Blakelock |website=Findagrave}} was an English-born merchant, building contractor and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Halton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1943 as a Liberal-Progressive member.

Born in Pickering, Yorkshire, the son of James Blakelock and Mary Bulman,{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939 |year=1939 |last=Normandin |first=A L}} he moved to Canada in 1906, establishing a lumber company with his brother James Bulman Blakelock. Blakelock sat on the town council for Oakville and was also deputy reeve, reeve and mayor, as well as warden of Halton County. In 1909, he married Isabel Parnaby.{{cite web |url=http://www.oakville.ca/Media_Files/planning10/da-z161358-heritage.pdf |title=131 Trafalgar Road, Oakville Heritage Impact Assessment |publisher=Town of Oakville |accessdate=2011-07-10 |page=10 |archivedate=2011-09-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928164909/http://www.oakville.ca/Media_Files/planning10/da-z161358-heritage.pdf}} Blakelock was also building commissioner for the Oakville Board of Education. He died in 1974 and T. A. Blakelock High School was named in his honour.{{cite web |url=http://www.hdsb.ca/Schools/Pages/ABriefExplanationofNamesChosenforSchools.aspx |title=A Brief Explanation of School Names |publisher=Halton District School Board |accessdate=2011-07-10 |archivedate=2012-07-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730125144/http://www.hdsb.ca/Schools/Pages/ABriefExplanationofNamesChosenforSchools.aspx}}