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- ↑ "Electoral History for Cape Breton-The Lakes" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
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