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467:PEARSON, Lester Bowles
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734:Nova Scotia
627:February 6,
453:Percentage
385:Algoma East
312:Paul Martin
214:Won by
120:Percentage
1499:Categories
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913:J. Trudeau
769:(1870–WW1)
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1377:History
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878:Turner
785:Quebec
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566:Martin
561:77.83%
522:1,380
519:Total
499:22.1%
128:22.1%
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843:Blake
833:Brown
797:Yukon
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124:77.8%
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