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- ↑ "Nunavut general election 2004 Election Results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. p. 37. Retrieved 2008-09-24.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Official Candidates List" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
