Archibald Blue
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| Intro | Civil servant | |
| was | Civil servant | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 3 February 1840 | |
| Death | 27 July 1914 (aged 74 years) |
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Biography
Archibald Blue (3 February 1840 – 27 July 1914), born in Orford Township, Upper Canada, was a teacher, journalist, and civil servant.
In 1900 Blue was made "temporary” special commissioner to prepare a blueprint for the census of 1901. In 1905 he was made chief of a permanent census and statistics office that was located at the Ontario Department of Agriculture.