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438:Bob Rae
315:in the
85:scholar
1269:Votes
1263:Party
1253::
1132:Votes
1126:Party
1116::
1089:9,554
1042:Votes
1036:Party
1026::
1008:34,490
978:10,854
960:18,608
934:Party
924::
884:2,388
878:2,412
872:2,417
866:2,400
863:Total
834:10.7%
821:12.0%
815:13.1%
802:16.3%
796:21.5%
790:14.6%
777:44.9%
774:1,072
771:39.3%
765:32.3%
759:23.6%
736:44.4%
733:1,072
730:34.3%
724:26.9%
595:-21.4
559:Reform
551:+16.5
545:10,071
530:-19.4
524:11,178
493:Party
483::
349:Regina
323:(NDP)
307:-born
87:
80:
73:
66:
58:
1013:100.0
999:14.6
996:5,028
981:31.5
963:54.0
940:Votes
858:2.2%
847:8.9%
745:55.1%
740:1,316
685:Name
653:100.0
589:3,262
566:7,286
499:Votes
393:when
319:as a
92:JSTOR
78:books
1485:for
1458:for
1402:2011
1333:344
1196:302
1104:408
844:213
831:256
818:289
812:315
799:393
793:519
787:351
768:947
762:780
756:566
727:829
721:646
592:10.1
569:22.5
548:31.1
527:34.5
261:Died
238:Born
186:for
140:for
64:news
1363:51
1348:65
1241:39
1226:61
1211:74
855:53
636:0.5
633:178
613:1.2
610:392
47:by
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