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- ↑ Charles Kenneth Theriault House Bio Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Maine.gov
- ↑ Charles Theriault Home Democrats bio Archived March 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Maine.gov
- ↑ "Charles Kenneth Theriault". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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