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- ↑ Cecil Calvert profile, DUP.org.uk; accessed 3 June 2016.
- ↑ Local Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Lisburn, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Ben Lowry and David Gordon, "Monitor plan for meeting dropped", Belfast Telegraph , 24 June 2004.
- ↑ Lagan Valley : Northern Ireland Elections (1998), ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 June 2016.
- ↑ St Patrick's Day Parade, Seattle (2005), seattletimes.nwsource.com; accessed 3 June 2016.