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- ↑ "Mr. John Robb". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ↑ Peter Emerson Election History
- ↑ The De Borda Institute
- ↑ TOWARDS A MORE INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY - Submission to the Democracy Commission from THE DE BORDA INSTITUTE