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- ↑ "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019.
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