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- 1 2 3 4 "Official Funeral For Ronald O. P. Armour, Former Parliamentarian - GIS Dominica". www.news.gov.dm. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ronald Armour, former DLP government minister and attorney at law, died on Sunday 6th August 2017". Q95FM. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ↑ "1970 General Election Results - Electoral Office". electoraloffice.gov.dm. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ↑ "New Premier Is Sworn In On Dominica in West Indies; ROSEAU, Dominica, July 28 (AP)—Deputy Premier Patrick Roland John has been sworn in as Premier of Dominica after yesterday's resignation of the Caribbean island's first Premier, Edward O. LeBlanc". The New York Times. 29 July 1974.
- 1 2 "Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 05 JUL 2006". US Department of State.
- ↑ "Bulletin of Eastern Caribbean Affairs". University of West Indies. 1975.
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