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447:"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981"
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384:"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970"
360:"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967"
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344:"PCs take 39 of 43 ridings in N.S. election".
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639:. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p.
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593:"No additions in N.S. cabinet shuffle".
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517:"Nine N.S. ministers change titles".
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75:James "Buddy" MacEachern
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521:. December 12, 1981.
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