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- ↑ "New Members for East Malaita and Aoke-Langalanga", Solomon Times, March 29, 2008
- ↑ "TWO NEW MALAITA MPs SWORN-IN", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ↑ "The Hon. Matthew Cooper Wale", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ↑ "New Members for East Malaita and Aoke-Langalanga", Solomon Times, March 29, 2008
- ↑ "TWO NEW MALAITA MPs SWORN-IN", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ↑ Wood, Terence (1 May 2014). "Solomon Islands Election Results 1967-2013". Social Science Research Network.