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- ↑ "United Citizens Party of Yukon loses leader". CBC News. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Yukon's 4th political party registered". CBC news online. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ↑ "Registration of United Citizens Party of Yukon Cancelled" (PDF). Whitehorse, Yukon: Elections Yukon. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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