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- ↑ Irving Martin Abella, "The 'Sydenham Election' of 1841", Canadian Historical Review (1966) 47:326-343, pp. 330-331. [Subscription needed.]
- ↑ Carl Ballstadt, "Christie, Alexander James", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. VII (1836–1850).
- ↑ J.O. Côté, Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada, 1841 to 1860 (Quebec: St. Michel and Darveau, 1860), p. 43.
- ↑ Paul G. Cornell, Alignment of Political Groups in Canada 1841-67 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962; reprinted in paperback, 2015), at pp. 6, 7, 10, 74.