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- ↑ "Canada Votes 2006: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe". CBC News. January 23, 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Conservatives make gains in New Brunswick". CBC News. October 14, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Battleground Atlantic Canada: Liberals crushed". National Post. May 2, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Defeated by vote splits, Liberals lick their wounds in Atlantic Canada". The Globe and Mail. May 3, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election