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- ↑ Sault Daily Star staff (March 16, 1912). "Application for city charter to come up today". Sault Daily Star.
- ↑ Sault Daily Star staff. (January 7, 1913). "Five old aldermen elected in Sault". The Sault Daily Star.
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- ↑ Darren MacDonald, "New mayors usher in new era across northeastern Ontario". CTV National News, October 24, 2022.