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638:Dunning
628:Kennedy
623:Stewart
581:Haggart
570:Haggart
340:Liberal
324:Liberal
167:Cabinet
1609:Easter
1573:Beatty
1563:Beatty
1558:MacKay
1553:Kaplan
1512:Turner
1497:Browne
1492:Balcer
1477:Garson
1457:Cannon
1447:Cannon
1417:Bureau
1397:Tupper
1392:Curran
1327:Landry
1317:Weiner
1297:McLean
1227:Balcer
1222:Dorion
1217:Balcer
1202:Pinard
1187:Gibson
1182:Martin
1147:Perley
1136:Murphy
1131:Foster
1110:Sifton
1069:Murphy
1059:Tupper
1047:Ouimet
1037:Dickey
1007:Aikins
992:Aikins
882:Strahl
872:Cannon
851:Valeri
755:Balcer
745:Marler
724:Cardin
685:Cardin
664:Manion
659:Crerar
633:Graham
608:Graham
575:Ouimet
564:Bowell
549:Tupper
258:, and
123:Quebec
1599:Scott
1589:Lewis
1579:Blais
1543:Blais
1522:Goyer
1462:Dupré
1292:Joyal
1287:Regan
1157:Cahan
1121:Monty
1074:Roche
1064:Scott
1002:Scott
926:Anand
906:Raitt
887:Lebel
877:Baird
836:Young
826:Lewis
801:Pépin
649:Black
586:Blair
378:fonds
364:Death
1594:Gray
1467:Jean
1126:Copp
1053:Daly
791:Lang
750:Hees
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700:Howe
669:Howe
618:Reid
554:Pope
468:2020
428:2007
348:1966
260:1963
256:1962
252:1958
248:1957
244:1953
236:1949
130:Died
106:Born
54:for
1532:Fox
1282:Fox
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380:at
346:in
234:in
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250:,
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