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- ↑ "32-year-old defeats Peterborough mayor in landslide win | CBC News".
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- ↑ Brendan Wedley, "Men who would be mayor: Bennett," Archived December 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Peterborough Examiner, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010.
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- ↑ "Peterborough Civic Award winners," Peterborough Examiner, June 6, 2001, A5.
- ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Negative campaigning," Peterborough Examiner, December 5, 2003, A1.
- ↑ Ingrid Nielsen, "Downtown colleges `most profitable,'" Peterborough Examiner, November 29, 2000, B2; Don MacKay, "Trent governors out of touch," Peterborough Examiner, July 14, 2004, A4; Lee Berthiaume, "'The silencing of Trent': Profs speak out against secrecy by board of governors," Peterborough Examiner, July 17, 2004, B3.
- ↑ Matthew van Dongen, "Businesses hurt by flood can access interest-free loans," Peterborough Examiner, July 24, 2004, A1; Matthew van Dongen, "Bennett named Citizen of the Year," Peterborough Examiner, October 21, 2004, A1.
- ↑ R. Gary Stewart, "Negative campaigning," Peterborough Examiner, June 6, 2003, A4.
- ↑ Elizabeth Bower, "Cost mayor more to get elected in 2003, papers show," Peterborough Examiner, March 30, 2004, A1.
- ↑ Brendan Wedley, "Ayotte blames late start, lack of ad dollars, Peterborough Examiner, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010; Joel Wiebe, "Firefighters Association endorses Bennett, MyKawartha.com, October 21, 2010, accessed November 13, 2010.
- ↑ "32-year-old defeats Peterborough mayor in landslide win". CBC News Toronto, October 23, 2018.
- ↑ "2014 Municipal Election Results". peterborough.ca. City of Peterborough.