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James Colledge Pope – Parliament of Canada biography
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1845:1826 births
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1412:Préfontaine
1080:MacLauchlan
1040:B. Campbell
1035:A. Campbell
1015:T. Campbell
950:Farquharson
639:by-election
604:land reform
569:Joseph Pope
489:(father),
487:Joseph Pope
430:Nationality
352:David Laird
347:Preceded by
340:(1878–1882)
335:(1876–1878)
287:Preceded by
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235:Preceded by
209:Lemuel Owen
191:Preceded by
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1839:Categories
1825:Transport.
1794:D. LeBlanc
1674:R. LeBlanc
1664:R. LeBlanc
1645:R. LeBlanc
1629:R. LeBlanc
1613:R. LeBlanc
1602:R. LeBlanc
1438:Ballantyne
1407:Sutherland
1270:J. Bagnall
1241:L. Bagnall
763:References
701:Candidate
517:Politician
514:Profession
506:Occupation
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389:1826-06-11
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25:James Pope
1799:Wilkinson
1555:Robichaud
1535:MacKinnon
1492:Duranleau
1482:Macmillan
1459:Patenaude
1198:MacMillan
1188:Arsenault
1183:Mathieson
1005:MacMillan
975:Arsenault
970:Mathieson
965:J. Palmer
955:A. Peters
945:Warburton
940:F. Peters
899:Haythorne
889:Haythorne
864:E. Palmer
746:acclaimed
742:James Yeo
724:acclaimed
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483:Relations
329:1876–1882
325:In office
279:James Yeo
275:1873–1874
271:In office
229:1865–1873
225:In office
169:1873–1873
165:In office
110:1870–1872
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55:1865–1867
51:In office
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1745:Thibault
1740:Dhaliwal
1735:Anderson
1726:(acting)
1724:Dingwall
1704:Valcourt
1608:Marchand
1604:(acting)
1545:Sinclair
1526:(acting)
1524:Bertrand
1514:Bertrand
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1498:Stirling
1494:(acting)
1467:(acting)
1461:(acting)
1455:(acting)
1443:Lapointe
1419:(acting)
1397:Costigan
1367:Mitchell
1224:MacPhail
1168:Sullivan
1065:Milligan
1060:Callbeck
1025:Matheson
990:Saunders
930:Sullivan
707:Elected
620:Liberals
498:Children
433:Canadian
177:Victoria
118:Victoria
64:Victoria
1782:(2015–)
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1709:Crosbie
1694:Nielsen
1679:de Bané
1669:McGrath
1550:MacLean
1519:Bridges
1509:Michaud
1428:Lemieux
1423:Brodeur
1417:Laurier
1382:McLelan
1312:italics
1300:Aylward
1230:MacLean
1218:McQuaid
1193:Stewart
1075:R. Ghiz
1055:J. Ghiz
1045:MacLean
1000:Stewart
985:Stewart
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884:Hensley
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667:in the
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1804:Jordan
1789:Tootoo
1699:Siddon
1689:Fraser
1540:Mayhew
1487:Rhodes
1465:Cardin
1448:Cardin
1402:Davies
1392:Tupper
1387:Foster
1178:Gordon
1173:McLeod
1148:Palmer
1138:Palmer
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925:Davies
698:Party
658:Ottawa
616:Tories
550:Canada
460:Spouse
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1755:Hearn
1750:Regan
1719:Tobin
1684:Breau
1597:Sauvé
1592:Davis
1576:Davis
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1530:Gregg
1504:Ernst
1453:Black
1433:Hazen
1372:Smith
1288:Lantz
1282:Myers
1276:Crane
1263:Crane
1257:Binns
1252:Mella
1070:Binns
1020:Jones
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859:Coles
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1714:Reid
1377:Pope
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1203:Bell
1163:Owen
1158:Pope
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