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neighbourhood), and the annual Donald
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Funeral Home, and then was moved to the council chambers at
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577:Globe Staff (20 November 1963).
388:Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
714:City Staff (4 September 2023).
255:Member of Provincial Parliament
250:had been a city councillor and
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241:Canadian National Exhibition
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469:Times Colonist staff (2012)
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722:. City of Toronto.
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319:St. Joseph Hospital
248:William Summerville
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16:Canadian politician
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730:4 September
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697:. Toronto.
637:25 November
608:. Toronto.
511:Gray (2016)
296:The Beaches
81:Phil Givens
64:Preceded by
1165:Categories
971:Coatsworth
961:O. Howland
926:W. Howland
680:26 October
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568:25 October
532:References
268:St. Paul's
197:Politician
191:Profession
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911:McMurrich
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394:Citations
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259:Riverdale
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114:1959-1961
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