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Opening the legislature, Premier William Davis escorts Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon to the Speaker's chair yesterday. It was the first time th(...)
Opening the legislature, Premier William Davis escorts Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon to the Speaker's chair yesterday. It was the first time th(...)

Opening the legislature, Premier William Davis escorts Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon to the Speaker's chair yesterday. It was the first time th(...)

Date3/11/1975
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  • Opening the legislature, Premier William Davis escorts Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon to the Speaker's chair yesterday. It was the first time th(...)
  • Opening the legislature; Premier William Davis escorts Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon to the Speaker's chair yesterday. It was the first time that Mrs. McGibbon had read the Speech from the Throne; and she confessed to being nervous. I had butterflies in my stomach all morning; she said. But she received compliments on her dignity during the ceremonies. Her dress; designed for the occasion; was decorated with trilliums; Ontario's floral emblem.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Opening the legislature; Premier William Davis escorts Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon to the Speaker's chair yesterday. It was the first time that Mrs. McGibbon had read the Speech from the Throne; and she confessed to being nervous. I had butterflies in my stomach all morning; she said. But she received compliments on her dignity during the ceremonies. Her dress; designed for the occasion; was decorated with trilliums; Ontario's floral emblem.
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