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- ↑ "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ↑ "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- 1 2 "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ↑ "Hammersmith sees voters sending Devine message". Phoenix. Saskatoon. February 16, 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ↑ "Colin Thatcher - Timeline". CBC News. November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ↑ "Tchorzewski seated". Leader-Post. Regina. November 22, 1985. p. 1. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
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