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1685:Categories
1344:References
1273:James Dill
1056:not shown
1054:L. Garneau
1030:St. Albert
903:A. Stewart
683:Lethbridge
676:James Hoey
567:Cumberland
534:Cannington
454:Battleford
251:Incumbent
62:1891-11-07
1370:577721800
1223:Whitewood
815:Moose Jaw
645:Kinistino
382:Incumbent
1319:In 1892
1266:Wolseley
1079:Elected
997:Red Deer
853:Moosomin
782:Mitchell
612:Edmonton
1418:28 June
1289:40.57%
1278:59.43%
1253:12.59%
1244:41.49%
1233:45.92%
1206:48.94%
1195:51.06%
1183:Wallace
1166:49.18%
1155:50.82%
1126:36.76%
1115:63.24%
947:39.42%
936:60.58%
907:49.27%
898:50.73%
836:44.89%
827:55.11%
716:Macleod
666:47.54%
657:52.46%
588:34.64%
579:51.96%
492:Calgary
475:44.37%
466:55.63%
422:Batoche
311:46.12%
294:53.88%
90:members
60: (
1389:
1368:
1069:Souris
599:13.4%
372:Second
308:2,140
291:2,500
1412:(PDF)
1405:(PDF)
1307:Notes
389:Banff
377:Third
367:First
340:Note:
327:4,640
317:Total
1670:2019
1654:1992
1649:1982
1630:2027
1624:2023
1619:2019
1614:2015
1609:2011
1604:2007
1599:2003
1594:1999
1589:1995
1584:1991
1579:1987
1574:1983
1569:1979
1564:1975
1559:1970
1554:1967
1549:1964
1544:1960
1539:1957
1534:1954
1529:1951
1524:1902
1519:1898
1514:1894
1509:1891
1504:1888
1499:1885
1420:2022
1387:ISBN
1366:OCLC
1049:183
1040:210
332:100%
254:New
150:The
70:1894
53:1888
1287:213
1276:312
1242:178
1231:197
1204:301
1193:314
1164:179
1153:185
1124:186
1113:320
945:149
934:229
905:168
896:173
834:189
825:232
586:106
577:159
473:134
464:168
305:12
1687::
1251:54
1086:–
664:29
655:32
597:41
354:.
322:42
302:5
288:7
285:7
277:-
274:-
271:4
268:7
260:%
257:#
216:.
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1461:t
1454:v
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