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- ↑ "Hon. James Byron Chan, MP - National Parliament of Papua New Guinea". Archived from the original on 2017-07-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Nominations By Electorate" (PDF). PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Chan out, Schnaubelt in". Loop PNG. 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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