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His strength kept growing with each new round of balloting, and at the end of the third ballot, Ontario Mines Minister Allan Lawrence jubilantly raise(...)
His strength kept growing with each new round of balloting, and at the end of the third ballot, Ontario Mines Minister Allan Lawrence jubilantly raise(...)

His strength kept growing with each new round of balloting, and at the end of the third ballot, Ontario Mines Minister Allan Lawrence jubilantly raise(...)

Date2/12/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: His strength kept growing with each new round of balloting; and at the end of the third ballot; Ontario Mines Minister Allan Lawrence jubilantly raised his arms aloft after hearing that he and Education Minister William Davis were the only two contenders left of the field of six seeking retiring Premier John Robarts' Job. On the fourth ballot; he lost out to Davis by a narrow 44-vote margin.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005140F
Their faces tell the story. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hellyer look at the results of the third ballot and realize that a good try by the transport minister ha(...)
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Pledging his support, Darcy McKeough (right centre) stands with William Davis after third ballot
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The premier and his boys (from left): Allan Lawrence, McKeough, Welch, Davis , Robarts, Bert Lawrence
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Unhappy candidate Allan Lawrence hears voting machines aren't working
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Registering at convention to choose his successor, Premier John Robarts chats with delegate Cecil Terry, right, of Levack, north of Sudbury, and Allan(...)
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Victory Salute by Pierre Elliott Trudeau, at the week end convention in Ottawa's Civic Centre which named him prime minister designate, came as the cl(...)
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