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- 1 2 Candidates ready for election: Nattilik Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Northern News Services Online (accessed 2010-01-10).
- 1 2 3 Enuk Pauloosie [ permanent dead link ] - Legislative Assembly of Nunavut (accessed 2010-01-10).
- ↑ Nunavut Votes 2008 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (accessed 2010-01-10).
- 1 2 MLA for Nattilik Suspended from Spring Sitting of the Legislative Assembly [ permanent dead link ] - Legislative Assembly of Nunavut (accessed 2010-01-10).
- 1 2 Enuk Pauloosie quits Nunavut assembly seat
- ↑ In the Nunavut legislature last week - NunatsiaqOnline (accessed 2010-01-10).
- ↑ Pauloosie resigns as Nunavut MLA