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704:Thomas Tweed
697:Medicine Hat
670:
653:New District
652:
573:Frank Oliver
571:
527:James Reilly
513:
507:John Lineham
493:New District
492:
451:New District
450:
433:James Fisher
408:
403:
398:
393:
388:
377:
376:
369:
351:
335:Joseph Royal
332:
320:
315:
310:
305:
222:
215:
212:
209:
193:
190:
186:Joseph Royal
179:Robert Brett
177:
174:
166:by-elections
159:
148:
134:
132:
120:Robert Brett
118:
114:
57:
26:
1711:Referendums
1356:Thomas 1978
1230:John Hawkes
1167:Joel Reaman
1153:John Secord
1116:John Secord
940:Owen Hughes
906:David Jelly
869:David Jelly
787:Acclamation
708:Acclamation
671:Acclamation
551:Hugh Cayley
515:Hugh Cayley
229:Candidates
1755:Categories
1343:References
1269:James Dill
1097:Qu'Appelle
850:Qu'Appelle
625:James Hoey
458:Battleford
240:Incumbent
202:district.
1440:577721800
1394:15357429W
1204:Whitewood
734:Moose Jaw
618:Kinistino
409:Incumbent
356:in 1891.
200:Whitewood
1251:Wolseley
962:Red Deer
776:Moosomin
558:Edmonton
1488:28 June
1274:49.27%
1263:50.73%
1234:24.12%
1225:37.00%
1216:38.88%
1183:27.69%
1172:72.31%
1160:Wallace
1132:47.81%
1121:52.19%
1081:42.67%
1070:57.33%
1025:25.27%
1016:64.84%
983:39.02%
974:60.98%
945:30.34%
933:31.82%
925:37.85%
885:37.29%
874:62.71%
834:28.15%
825:71.85%
755:44.48%
746:55.52%
660:Macleod
639:46.11%
630:53.89%
601:12.36%
590:26.28%
578:28.83%
570:32.54%
532:21.87%
520:34.33%
512:43.80%
500:Calgary
479:46.43%
470:53.57%
437:44.22%
428:55.78%
416:Batoche
389:Elected
300:37.47%
283:62.53%
83:members
1459:
1438:
1392:
1382:
1148:Regina
1034:9.89%
1030:Fraser
1004:Souris
901:Regina
404:Fourth
394:Second
297:3,045
280:5,081
1482:(PDF)
1475:(PDF)
1312:Notes
399:Third
316:8,126
306:Total
1740:2019
1724:1992
1719:1982
1700:2027
1694:2023
1689:2019
1684:2015
1679:2011
1674:2007
1669:2003
1664:1999
1659:1995
1654:1991
1649:1987
1644:1983
1639:1979
1634:1975
1629:1970
1624:1967
1619:1964
1614:1960
1609:1957
1604:1954
1599:1951
1594:1902
1589:1898
1584:1894
1579:1891
1574:1888
1569:1885
1490:2022
1457:ISBN
1436:OCLC
1380:ISBN
345:and
321:100%
243:New
143:1891
133:The
63:1891
53:1885
1376:389
1272:203
1261:209
1232:103
1223:158
1214:166
1170:188
1130:120
1119:131
1079:195
1068:262
1014:236
981:208
972:325
943:307
931:322
923:383
883:135
872:227
832:105
823:268
753:129
744:161
628:104
599:150
588:319
576:350
568:395
548:and
530:404
518:634
510:809
477:156
468:180
294:19
277:10
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1320:^
1181:72
1032:36
1023:92
637:89
435:65
426:82
341:,
311:40
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274:8
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