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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "City Council Members". City of Lethbridge. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
- ↑ Lethbridge Herald, Dec. 12, 1928
- ↑ "Your City Your Vote Lethbridge 2017" (on-line)
- ↑ "WIN! Lethbridge chapter helps win use of term 'councillor' rather than 'alderman'". The Council of Canadians. March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ "Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 - Section 105" (PDF). 2012 Bill 7, First Session, 28th Legislature. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- Dates in the History of the Government of Lethbridge, City of Lethbridge. Accessed 23 December 2006.