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- ↑ DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS, Speaker: Honourable Kevin Murphy - First Session: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Nova Scotia Legislature
- ↑ Nova Scotia PC Party on Twitter: Happy Birthday to Brad Johns, MLA for Sackville-Beaverbank! Twitter.com
- ↑ "Who won in your riding? See the list of elected MLAs". CBC News, May 30, 2017.
- ↑ ABOUT BRAD | brad-johns-home bradleyjohns.wixsite.com
- ↑ Brad Johns - MLA for Sackville-Beaverbank
- ↑ "'Time to win': Tim Houston running for PC Party leader". CBC News. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ↑ "New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians". May 11, 2018.
- ↑ "N.S. Justice Minister Brad Johns resigns from cabinet". CBC News. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ↑ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
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