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- ↑ "P.E.I. NDP Leader James Rodd resigns". CBC News, February 8, 2012.
- ↑ "P.E.I. NDP elect Mike Redmond as party leader". CBC News, October 13, 2012.
- ↑ Fraser, Sara (December 3, 2017). "Why some former P.E.I politicians have gone Green". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
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