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alternate name: John Ferguson Godfrey
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birth date: 1942-12-19
death date: 2023-12-18
birth place: Toronto
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title: Statement by the Prime Minister on the passing of the Honourable John Godfrey
retrieved: 2023-12-21

title: Electoral History for Halifax Citadel (1967)
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