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- ↑ "Donald Robertson, MPP". ontla.on.ca. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
