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- ↑ Lumley, E. (2008). The Canadian Who's who. Vol. 43. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802040718. ISSN 0068-9963 . Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ↑ "MLA: Hon. Bill Barisoff". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
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