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- ↑ Dimitrios Kabitsis : Communist Party : Brampton-Springdale, Brampton Guardian, accessed 20 May 2009.
- ↑ "Ward 5: Aware voters demand top politicians", Toronto Star, 3 November 1980, A14.
- ↑ Canada Votes: 2008, Brampton—Springdale, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 20 May 2009.
- list of candidates from meeting at Communist Party of Canada offices on September 14, 2008
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