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- ↑ "Mr. Rick Kasper". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ↑ "Councillor Rick Kasper". District of Sooke. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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