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- ↑ Biography – Annie Courtney MLA, Northern Ireland Assembly Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Courtney takes up Hume's assembly seat", The Irish Times , 11 December 2000
- ↑ "Annie Courtney resigns from SDLP Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ", 4NI.co.uk, 1 April 2003
- ↑ "Courtney stands as independent Archived 23 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine ", BBC News
- ↑ Foyle 2003 Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Northern Ireland Elections