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- 1 2 Mackintosh, Charles H (1878). The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1878. p. 326. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
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