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- ↑ Fraser, Jeremy (September 4, 2019). "UPDATED: VIDEO: Murray Ryan keeps Northside-Westmount blue for Progressive Conservatives". The Chronicle-Herald. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- 1 2 Jeremy Fraser, "Murray Ryan keeps Northside-Westmount blue for Progressive Conservatives". Cape Breton Post , September 4, 2019.
- ↑ "N.S. PCs suddenly change candidate in Northside-Westmount byelection". CBC News Nova Scotia, August 14, 2019.
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