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- ↑ "Results for the constituency of Uqqummiut". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ Nunavut recounts produce one winner and one intractable deadlock. Nunatsiaq News , November 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Nunavut MLA Samuel Nuqingaq suspended from legislature". CBC News. 6 March 2014.
- ↑ Samuel Nuqinqaq returns to Nunavut legislature after alcohol treatment. CBC News, 2014-09-22.
- ↑ "Nunavut MLA Samuel Nuqingaq expelled from legislative assembly". CBC News, October 24, 2014.
- ↑ Nunavut MLA expelled from legislature in unanimous vote. Nunatsiaq News , October 24, 2014.
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