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- ↑ "Election Returns, 1998 (Pictou West)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ↑ "Election Returns, 1999 (Pictou West)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ↑ "Election Returns, 2003 (Pictou West)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ↑ "Election Returns, 2006 (Pictou West)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ↑ www.gov.ns.ca http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/COMMITTEES/human_resources.html . Retrieved November 1, 2007.
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