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- ↑ http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e034/e000835542.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company