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- ↑ "Red Deer results 1979". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Red Deer results 1982". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ↑ Longtime Red Deer MP won't pursue sixth term Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine , Calgary Herald , February 8, 2008
