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- ↑ Always an activist: Cathy McGregor learned about politics in school and it's been an education ever since: [Final Edition] Michele Young Daily News Staff Reporter. Kamloops Daily News [Kamloops, B.C] 10 May 2001: A1 / FRONT.
- ↑ "Hon. Cathy McGregor". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ "McGregor Announces $2 Million for B.C. Park Facility Reconstruction". archive.news.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ↑ Where Are They Now? Former MLA teaching at University of Victoria [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Dr. Catherine McGregor - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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