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- 1 2 "Election 2021 Update: Shawn Avoids Phera-P Completes Dennery Sweep". St. Lucia News From The Voice. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- 1 2 "Dennery's Phera Polius To Be Sworn In As New Senator". St. Lucia Times News. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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