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1047:10 August
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1322:Rankin
1317:McNeil
1312:Dexter
1292:Savage
1232:Rhodes
1222:Murray
1202:Holmes
1192:Annand
1169:Tupper
1073:
656:Total
630:1.73%
627:22.61%
604:31.47%
583:44.25%
549:Party
539::
489:Africa
255:Spouse
1282:Bacon
1272:Regan
1267:Smith
1257:Hicks
1212:Pipes
1154:Young
1144:Young
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648:1.66%
624:2,221
601:3,091
580:4,346
555:Votes
395:mayor
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46:23rd
32:
1302:Hamm
1197:Hill
1159:Howe
1071:ISBN
1049:2024
1018:2014
992:2014
966:2014
936:2014
862:2015
832:2024
750:2018
409:The
228:Died
211:Born
116:for
645:163
397:of
310:ONS
114:MLA
34:ONS
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