Blake Richards has been a Member of the House of Commons since 2008 and was re-elected for a fifth time representing the riding of Banff—Airdrie on September 20, 2021.
Blake is the Conservative Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and is Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, serving the needs of Canada’s Veterans.
Among other roles, he has previously served as the Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Commons, as Shadow Minister for Tourism, Small Business and Export Promotion, and was a member of the Finance Committee when the previous Conservative Government balanced the federal budget following the worldwide recession.
Always focused on the needs of his constituents, Blake has three times been named Canada’s Best Constituency MP as well as Hardest Working MP. He has also received a Canadian Tourism Award for his work in Parliament on behalf of the tourism industry.