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- Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
| Preceded by 26th General Assembly of Nova Scotia | General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1878–1882 | Succeeded by 28th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |