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- ↑ "Jamaica Detaining The Deputy Leader of Opposition Party". The New York Times . 25 June 1976.
- ↑ "Ministers and Ministries" (PDF). Jamaica Information Service. November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ Luton, Daraine; Gilpin, Jodi-Ann (9 January 2012). "Ferguson Claims East St Thomas, Still Strong PNP Seat". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
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