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- ↑ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba . pp. 32–33. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ↑ "Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1896)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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