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- 1 2 "The fifth Nunavut assembly's first MLA: ready to engage with constituents". Nunatsiaq News. October 2, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Kugluktuk MLA resigns from Nunavut Legislative Assembly". CBC North, March 31, 2020.
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