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129:Serving with
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531:Manitoba Free Press
527:"Late Premier Dead"
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385:Lieutenant Governor
369:James Kidd Flemming
318:Saint Croix Courier
92:James Kidd Flemming
76:Lieutenant Governor
16:Canadian politician
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537:24 December
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258:2 daughters
155:Preceded by
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115:Charlotte
57:In office
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907:Emmerson
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