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- ↑ "MP Jean Crowder said she will push for proportional representation". LakeCowichanGazette.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
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- ↑ Nuttall, Jeremy (June 13, 2017). "Jean Crowder, Former Vancouver Island MP, to Endorse Guy Caron for NDP Leadership". The Tyee . Archived from the original on August 16, 2017.
