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- 1 2 3 "Commander Charles T. Beard". CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ↑ "Maritime Forces Pacific". Canadian Navy. Retrieved 25 November 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ Death
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