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- ↑ Nova Scotia PC Party on Twitter: "Happy Birthday to @alanapaon MLA for Cape Breton - Richmond!" Twitter
- ↑ Rookie Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Paon does it her own way Archived January 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Chronicle Herald
- ↑ "Who won in your riding? See the list of elected MLAs". CBC News, May 30, 2017.
- ↑ Laroche, Jean; Gorman, Michael (June 24, 2019). "Parking lot fight 'final straw' as MLA Alana Paon kicked out of PC caucus". CBC News . Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ↑ Alana Paon - PC Candidate PC Party of Nova Scotia
- ↑ "Cape Breton-Richmond MLA touts Nova Scotia talent trust". Port Hawkesbury Reporter, December 20, 2017.