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- ↑ "MLAs sworn in by Nunavut commissioner". Nunatsiaq News . Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ↑ Neary, Derek (October 20, 2021). "MLA candidates on the issues: Alex Sammurtok, Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet". NUNAVUT NEWS.
- ↑ "New Nunavut MLA ready to work “for the people”". Nunatsiaq News , February 11, 2014.
- ↑ Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock Archived 2013-11-14 at the Wayback Machine . Nunatsiaq News , November 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Alexander Sammurtok beats Lorne Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South". Nunatsiaq News , February 10, 2014.
- ↑ Derek Neary, "Two judicial recounts required in Nunavut territorial election". Northern News Services , October 25, 2021.
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