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Under the sword: Major B. Handley Geary, VC, the 77-year-old Queen's Park sergent-at-arms, makes a mock threat to draw his sword on Eddie Sargent afte(...)
Under the sword: Major B. Handley Geary, VC, the 77-year-old Queen's Park sergent-at-arms, makes a mock threat to draw his sword on Eddie Sargent afte(...)

Under the sword: Major B. Handley Geary, VC, the 77-year-old Queen's Park sergent-at-arms, makes a mock threat to draw his sword on Eddie Sargent afte(...)

Date6/4/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Under the sword: Major B. Handley Geary, VC, the 77-year-old Queen's Park sergent-at-arms, makes a mock threat to draw his sword on Eddie Sargent after the Liberal MPP was expelled from the House for ignoring Speaker Fred Cass' order to sit down. It was the first such expulsion in 32 years.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0078638F
Handley, Geary B
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