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- 1 2 3 "Alexandre Duplessis elected new interim mayor of Laval". The Gazette , November 23, 2012.
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- 1 2 "Quebec premier calls Laval trusteeship ‘terrible, disheartening, sad’". The Globe and Mail , June 3, 2013.
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