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- ↑ Northern Ireland elections
- ↑ Biography – Gardine Kane Northern Ireland Assembly Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "DUP veteran's sex assault case adjourned" Belfast Telegraph , 6 April 2004
- ↑ North Antrim
- ↑ "Ex-DUP Assemblyman is cleared of sex charge", Belfast Telegraph , 14 August 2004