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Congratulating each other on their new cabinet positions, Margaret Birch, appointed super minister responsible for social development by Premier Willi(...)
Congratulating each other on their new cabinet positions, Margaret Birch, appointed super minister responsible for social development by Premier Willi(...)

Congratulating each other on their new cabinet positions, Margaret Birch, appointed super minister responsible for social development by Premier Willi(...)

Date2/26/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Congratulating each other on their new cabinet positions, Margaret Birch, appointed super minister responsible for social development by Premier William Davis today, chats with Robert Welch, who moves from the ministry of housing to become provincial secretary for justice and attorney-general. Mrs. Birch, formerly responsible for the youth secretariat, was sworn in at Queen's Park today.
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I'm not, a very cynical person, says Margaret Birch, Ontario's newest super minister in the cabinet of Premier Davis
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New Gallantry In Cabinet, Premier William Davis offers a guiding hand to Ontario's only woman cabinet minister as Margaret Birch attends her first cab(...)
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Margaret Birch, Progressive Conservative, provincial secretary for social development
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'Super Minister' Margaret Birch, With her daughter, Jane, 20
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iffled. Seven ministers were sworn in to new portfolios at a Queen's Park ceremony yesterday as part of a major cabinet shuffle by Premier William Dav(...)
iffled. Seven ministers were sworn in to new portfolios at a Queen's Park ceremony yesterday as part of a major cabinet shuffle by Premier William Dav(...)
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Margaret Birch, She made news in day care
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Eighty-Year-Old Gertrude Skates travelled 10,000 miles to help her friend, Margaret Birch (left) get re-elected in Scarborough East. Mrs. Birch is sec(...)
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Shiny new quarters. Paul Dick, left, Minister responsible for the Royal Canadian Mint, unveils the Ontario coin in the Canada 125 series yesterday at (...)
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