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- 1 2 3 4 Bio page on the parliamentary website
- 1 2 3 "Cuba Ambassador Presents Credentials", Solomon Times, 26 March 2013
- ↑ "List of candidates contesting the 2010 General Election", Island Sun, 12 July 2010
- ↑ "Members of Parliament", Parliament website