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- ↑ "Council Named In Monday Vote". Whitehorse Star , September 11, 1958.
- ↑ "Yukon Election Upset As Speaker Defeated". Edmonton Journal , September 10, 1964.
- ↑ "Voters in Yukon elect new council". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , September 12, 1967.
- ↑ "New Faces On Yukon Council". Ottawa Journal , September 9, 1970.