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- ↑ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Acadia | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ "Recount confirms UCP's Tyler Shandro defeated by NDP candidate Diana Batten". Yahoo News. 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ↑ "Alberta NDP | Diana Batten | Calgary-Acadia". Diana Batten. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ↑ "01 - Calgary-Acadia". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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