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- A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
- Members in Parliament 11 Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-28.