Blake Desjarlais was born on December 29,1993 and is a Canadian politician who has represented Edmonton Griesbach in the House of Commons since 2021.
11 Facts About Blake Desjarlais
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Blake Desjarlais is the first openly two-spirit individual to serve as an MP.
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Blake Desjarlais was born on December 29,1993 in Edmonton and grew up in the Fishing Lake Metis Settlement in northern Alberta.
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When Brenda became pregnant with Blake, she sought help from her sister Grace Desjarlais, who took Blake and raised him herself.
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Blake Desjarlais attended secondary school in the "predominantly white town" of Elk Point, Alberta.
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Blake Desjarlais went on to study political science and Indigenous studies at MacEwan University; however, he received racially motivated death threats and transferred to the University of Victoria.
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When Blake Desjarlais completed his studies, he was appointed the national director of the Metis Settlements General Council in 2016.
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Blake Desjarlais had previously mulled running for an elected Indigenous leadership role.
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Blake Desjarlais was skeptical of running in partisan politics, seeing the various parties as only having interest in him to fulfill mandates regarding Indigenous and queer representation.
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On election day, Blake Desjarlais defeated Kerry Diotte, a two-term Conservative MP.
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Blake Desjarlais is the first openly two-spirit individual to have been elected to Parliament.