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- ↑ "NDP Joe Trasolini elected in B.C. byelection". CTV News, April 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Former Port Moody mayor Joe Trasolini named B.C. NDP candidate". The Georgia Straight , November 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Port Moody-Coquitlam By-Election, 19 April 2012" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved 21 December 2020.