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- ↑ The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Treen, Colleen Joyce, page 277 Nova Scotia Legislature
- ↑ "Nova Scotia votes: Riding-by-riding results for Halifax region". Metro. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Nova Scotia Votes 2017", May 30, 2017.
