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{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ↑ Brian Lewis. "The Development of Responsible Government in the Northwest Territories 1976 - 1998". Volume 21 Number 2 1998. Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ↑ "NWT Votes 2003 Yellowknife Centre Riding Profile". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ↑ "Legislative Reports". Vol 17 no 1 1994. Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ↑ "History of Northwest Territories Speaker 1975-present". Northwest Territories Legislature. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
