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- ↑ "Iqaluit candidate George Hickes Jr. Asks voters about their Nunavut priorities". 2 October 2013.
- ↑ "Nunavut premier loses seat by 43 votes". Toronto Star , October 29, 2013.
- ↑ Frank Landry, "Tootoo's special to speaker", Winnipeg Sun, date not listed. Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 "Iqaluit candidate George Hickes Jr. asks voters about their Nunavut priorities". Nunatsiaq News , October 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Premier Taptuna realigns cabinet portfolios | Government of Nunavut". www.gov.nu.ca. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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