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Switching the reins of power, former Ontario premier John Robarts (left) shakes hands with successor, PRemier William Davis, at Queen's Park yesterday(...)
Switching the reins of power, former Ontario premier John Robarts (left) shakes hands with successor, PRemier William Davis, at Queen's Park yesterday(...)

Switching the reins of power, former Ontario premier John Robarts (left) shakes hands with successor, PRemier William Davis, at Queen's Park yesterday(...)

Date3/1/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Switching the reins of power, former Ontario premier John Robarts (left) shakes hands with successor, PRemier William Davis, at Queen's Park yesterday after Davis was sworn in by Lieutenant-Governor W. Ross Macdonald.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0042336F
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