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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Blain Morin
| image         =
| caption       =
| office        = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start    = 1998
| term_end      = 1999
| predecessor   = [[Floyd Laughren]]  
| successor     = [[Shelley Martel]]
| constituency  = [[Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)|Nickel Belt]]
| party         = [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age |1960|09|30}}
| birth_place   =
| residence     = [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]]
| occupation    = Trade unionist
}}
'''Blain Kevin Morin''' (born September 30, 1960) is a former politician in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1998 to 1999 who was elected in a by-election. He represented the riding of [[Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)|Nickel Belt]] in the [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], area.

==Background==
Morin was president of the [[Canadian Union of Public Employees]], Sudbury district.<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Rusk |title=Parties to test their political mettle in by-election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=August 25, 1998}}</ref> He subsequently worked for the [[Ontario Federation of Labour]].

==Politics==
Morin ran in a by-election to replace [[Floyd Laughren]], who had retired in 1998. He was elected to the legislature in a [[by-election]] on October 1, 1998, defeating [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate Gerry Courtemanche by 1,364 votes.<ref name=soft>{{cite news |title=Liberal support soft in Ontario by-election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=October 3, 1998}}</ref>

In 1999, the provincial ridings of Nickel Belt and [[Sudbury East]] were merged for the [[1999 Ontario general election|1999 provincial election]]; even during the by-election campaign, Morin was already indicating that he did not intend to compete against Sudbury East's popular incumbent [[Shelley Martel]] for the merged riding's nomination.<ref name=soft /> There was some consideration that he might run for the NDP nomination in the neighbouring riding of [[Sudbury (provincial electoral district)|Sudbury]] instead, but he did not do so.<ref name=soft />

===Electoral record===
{{CANelec/top|ON|1998, [[Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)|Nickel Belt]]|percent=yes|change=yes|by=yes}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Blain Morin|5,537|40.88| -5.66}}
{{CANelec|ON|PC|Gerry Courtemanche|4,173|30.81| +11.60}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Frank Madigan|3,836|28.32| -3.93}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 13,546 |100.00 || }}
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==After politics==
After leaving the legislature in 1999, Morin went back to work for CUPE as a health and safety representative.<ref>{{cite news |title=Workers remember fallen; 'My husband should be here' |last=Thompson |first=Chris |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=April 29, 2011 |page=A13}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{OntarioMPPbio|id=blain-kevin-morin}}

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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Trade unionists from Ontario]]
[[Category:Franco-Ontarian people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs]]
[[Category:Politicians from Greater Sudbury]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]