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Disappointed Aideen Nicholson, thought to have the best chance of any woman candidate in Ontario, rubs her eyes as she hears the final result - she fa(...)
Disappointed Aideen Nicholson, thought to have the best chance of any woman candidate in Ontario, rubs her eyes as she hears the final result - she fa(...)

Disappointed Aideen Nicholson, thought to have the best chance of any woman candidate in Ontario, rubs her eyes as she hears the final result - she fa(...)

Date10/30/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Disappointed Aideen Nicholson, thought to have the best chance of any woman candidate in Ontario, rubs her eyes as she hears the final result - she failed by just 174 votes to return Trinity riding to the Liberals from Progressive Conservative Paul Hellyer who was a Grit when he won in 1968. She is to seek a recount.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0070800F
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Liberal laughter: Pierre Trudeau (left) enjoys a joke with his Trinity riding candidate, Aideen Nicholson, and Ontario Liberal Leader Stuart Smith before launching into his foreign policy speech
Liberal laughter: Pierre Trudeau (left) enjoys a joke with his Trinity riding candidate, Aideen Nicholson, and Ontario Liberal Leader Stuart Smith before launching into his foreign policy speech
1/30/1980
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Bob hope shares some champagne and rubs noses with Carole Wilson at a benefit performance in Maple Leaf Gardens for the Charlie Conacher Cancer Resear(...)
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1/5/1978
Defeated in his own York South riding, David Lewis, leader of the New Democratic Party, rubs his head in perplexity as his wife, Sophie, stands beside him
Defeated in his own York South riding, David Lewis, leader of the New Democratic Party, rubs his head in perplexity as his wife, Sophie, stands beside him
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9/7/1984
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Unhappy candidate Allan Lawrence hears voting machines aren't working
Unhappy candidate Allan Lawrence hears voting machines aren't working
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Unprecedented majority, Liberal Aideen Nicholson rode the anti-Tory tide to a win in the largely working-class riding of Trinity
Unprecedented majority, Liberal Aideen Nicholson rode the anti-Tory tide to a win in the largely working-class riding of Trinity
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Scrabble strategy, Aideen Nicholson, far left, enjoys an evening of Scrabble with close friends the Speed family
Scrabble strategy, Aideen Nicholson, far left, enjoys an evening of Scrabble with close friends the Speed family
9/7/1984
Singer Joe Cocker looked as if he was doing his best at his recent concert at Maple Leaf Gardens but some of the audience couldn't hear much of the concert, writes disappointed fan who left early
Singer Joe Cocker looked as if he was doing his best at his recent concert at Maple Leaf Gardens but some of the audience couldn't hear much of the concert, writes disappointed fan who left early
4/5/1972
Hears sad news: Paul Croteau, a police diver, hears that Mark Land, the boy he saved, has died
Hears sad news: Paul Croteau, a police diver, hears that Mark Land, the boy he saved, has died
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