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- Notes
- ↑ "Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ "Four new faces in Binns cabinet". CBC News. 1 May 2000. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ "Shared minister worries teachers union". CBC News. 2 May 2000. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ "Changes to Ministry". Government of Prince Edward Island. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ Lumley, Elizabeth (2003). Canadian Who's Who 2003. p. 773. ISBN 0-8020-8865-1 . Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ↑ "Lantz will not run". CBC News. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ "Cocaine trafficker sentenced in July". The Guardian . Charlottetown. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ↑ "PC Leader Rob Lantz". CBC News. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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