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- ↑ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: SAINT-MICHEL--AHUNTSIC (1984/09/04), Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 September 2011.
- ↑ Judith Timson, "Inflation worries low-income Davenport", Toronto Star, 18 June 1974, B1; John Munch, "NDP still hurting over '74", Toronto Star, 14 February 1980. See also History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Sudbury (1988/11/21), Parliament of Canada, accessed 5 May 2008.
- ↑ "Yorkview", Toronto Star, 19 October 1971, 11; Dorothy Lipovenko and Howard Fluxgold, "13 new trustees join Toronto school board", Globe and Mail, 14 November 1978, P5.
- ↑ Kate Burbridge, "York West hopefuls court huge block of Italian voters", Toronto Star, 21 August 1984, A7; Paul Waldie, "Communists up in arms over party property sale", Globe and Mail, 21 October 1991, A4.
- ↑ "Canadian aid to Russia nears two million mark", Toronto Star, 13 February 1943, p. 33.
- ↑ "Communist offices vandalized", Globe and Mail, 18 April 1987, A11.
- ↑ "Metro area voters to decide 33 ridings", Toronto Star, 18 November 1988, A11.
- ↑ Gary Webb-Proctor, "Residents oppose additional runways at crowded airport ", Globe and Mail, 28 February 1999, A11.
- ↑ Mary Gooderham, "In York West, main candidates are Italian", Globe and Mail, 1 September 1984, P19.