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- ↑ Christine de Clercy, Female Legislative Leadership and the CCF-NDP in Saskatchewan. University of Saskatchewan, 2006.
- ↑ Linda Trimble and Jane Arscott, Still Counting: Women in Politics Across Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1442600546.
- ↑ "Saskatchewan farmer named lieutenant-governor". The Western Producer , April 21, 1994.
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