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Don Getty
Donald Ross Getty, athlete, businessman, premier of Alberta 1985–92 (born 30 August 1933 in Westmount, QC; died 26 February 2016 in Edmonton, AB).
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George Edwin King
George Edwin King, lawyer, politician, judge, premier of NB 1872-78 (b at Saint John 8 Oct 1839; d at Ottawa 7 May 1901). First elected MLA for Saint John in 1867, he was minister without portfolio in the Confederation Cabinet of A.R. WETMORE.
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Charest Controls Tory Convention
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Chrétien, a Closet Autocrat?
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Clark to Become Tory Leader
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Bernard Lord
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Harold Connolly
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Erik Hersholt Nielsen
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Chrétien Tours Latin America
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Hnatyshyn Recalls His Tenure as GG
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Harcourt Weathers Scandals
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Filmon Re-elected
Maybe Manitoba was always immune to the trend. Or perhaps the wave of anti-status quo, throw-the-bums-out sentiment that has swept North America - obliterating the federal Conservatives in the 1993 election and congressional Democrats in the United States last fall - is finally beginning to ebb.
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Donald Frank Mazankowski
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Clark's New Job
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Sir Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, lawyer, politician, prime minister of Canada, 1911–20 (born 26 June 1854 in Grand Pré, NS; died 10 June 1937 in Ottawa, ON).