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- ↑ "Archived copy". www.justice.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ PM announces appointment of new Associate Chief Justice to Supreme Court of British Columbia Archived May 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Prime Minister of Canada website, April 26, 2010
- ↑ UBC Alumna Anne MacKenzie first woman promoted to Associate Chief Justice of the BC Supreme Court [ permanent dead link ], UBC Faculty of Arts, May 14, 2010.
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