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    John Bracken PC (22 June 1883 – 18 March 1969) was a Canadian agronomist and politician who was the 11th and longest-serving premier of Manitoba (1922–1943)...
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    Bracken's World is an American drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19, 1969, to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced...
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  • party leader Premier John Bracken of Manitoba, a former member of the Progressive Party of Manitoba. In the 1957 federal election, John Diefenbaker carried...
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  • John Bracken was an American priest of the Episcopal Church who was the rector of Bruton Parish Church and the ninth president of the College of William...
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    Hawaii Five-O Brent & Colonel Faraday Two episodes 1970 Bracken's World John Bracken Fifteen Bracken's World episodes total 1971 Columbo: Lady in Waiting Peter...
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  • Virginia. Butler married twice. His first wife was Eliza Bracken, whose father, Reverend John Bracken, was rector of Bruton Parish Church, president of the...
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  • Josephine Bracken Kate Bracken Kyran Bracken Nathan Bracken Paul Bracken Peg Bracken Peter Bracken Raymond Bracken Thomas Bracken William Bracken Bracken (band)...
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    invasion of Japan, while Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) leader John Bracken promised conscription, which was an unpopular proposal and led to the...
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    Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken (August 9, 1876 – March 14, 1902) was the common-law wife of Filipino nationalist José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan...
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    electing Manitoba Progressive Premier John Bracken as their new leader at that year's leadership convention. Bracken agreed to become the party's leader...
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    sometime circa 1940. However,Liberal-Progressive Premier of Manitoba John Bracken brought the name back into formal use when he moved to federal politics...
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    reported that Meighen had approached Manitoba's Liberal-Progressive Premier John Bracken about seeking the leadership, and that the convention would adopt a platform...
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    Bracken County in 1797. The county government moved from Augusta to Woodward's Crossing (now Brooksville) in 1833. Bracken was the birthplace of John...
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    Brendan Rendall Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken, PC (15 February 1901 – 8 August 1958) was an Irish-born businessman, politician and a minister in the British...
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  • Hanson remained Leader of the Opposition throughout Meighen's term ^[c] Bracken did not win election to the House of Commons until 1945, so Hanson remained...
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  • politician. He held senior ministerial positions in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell, and served as the province's 14th...
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    Pteridium aquilinum, commonly called bracken, brake, pasture brake, common bracken, and also known as eagle fern, is a species of fern occurring in temperate...
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    to broaden out the party's appeal and reportedly approached populist John Bracken, the longtime Liberal-Progressive Premier of Manitoba to seek the party's...
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    Congressman Louis Stokes, and another attorney, former Marine Captain John Bracken, who pled James's second court-martial down from a potential five years'...
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  • backbencher throughout his time in the legislature, in the ministries of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell. Pitt lost his seat to J. Arthur...
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    end, he sought to draft the Liberal-Progressive premier of Manitoba, John Bracken, to lead the Conservatives. Diefenbaker objected to what he saw as an...
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  • did not have a leader. They asked John Bracken, a professor in animal husbandry, to become leader and premier. Bracken changed the party's name to the Progressive...
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  • supporter of the coalition government led by Liberal-Progressive Premier John Bracken. He joined the Liberal-Progressive Party himself during the parliament...
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    Lone Tree No. 18 and Census Division No. 4. The village is named after John Bracken, Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party...
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  • of Treasurer or Finance Minister for themselves. In the 20th century, John Bracken, Stuart Garson, Douglas L. Campbell, Dufferin Roblin, and Edward Schreyer...
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    by this time, and Tupper had little influence over the government of John Bracken. He died in Winnipeg in 1947. "The Honourable William Johnston Tupper"...
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    1988 and 1992. After refurbishments by John Robertson Architects, the Financial Times moved back into Bracken House in spring 2019. It became a Grade...
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  • surprise offer to keep the outgoing Liberal-Progressive government of John Bracken in power. Some party members may have hoped for a formal coalition, but...
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  • Fox offered to support the government of Liberal-Progressive Premier John Bracken, who had been reduced to a minority and was unable to find allies elsewhere...
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    1941. He continued to hold all of these positions after succeeding John Bracken as Premier on January 14, 1943. He resigned the MPC and Utilities portfolios...
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