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Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Grey (South Riding) Election
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Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This select committee, with J.C. Rykert as Chair, was appointed in 1873. The report of the committee was tabled on February 21, 1872. The committee concluded that the accusations against Mr. Lewis were accurate.
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The Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Grey (South Riding) Election investigated charges that John W. Lewis, a provincial employee, had interfered with the conduct of the election in the Grey County by implying that he could give a favourable estimate on land values for landowners who voted for the right party.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.
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Wayne Crockett