207:. Twice wounded, he returned home for medical reasons in June 1918. From 1926 to 1936, Miller served as chair of the Gretna School Board. He was a director of the Manitoba Trustees Association from 1932 to 1940, and was its president in 1939–40. He was also a police magistrate from 1926 to 1928, and a
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454:Eva Nelson
404:Candidate
148:Profession
140:Occupation
104:1896-02-07
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616:Bachynsky
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52:In office
42:16th
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