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- 1 2 "Member page for the Honourable Simeon Mikkungwak". Legislative Assembly of Nunavut , May 28, 2019.
- ↑ "2 seats tied, Eva Aariak loses in Nunavut election". He was re-elected in 2017 CBC News, October 28, 2013.
- ↑ Beth Brown, "Nunavut Speaker resigns to put family health first". CBC North, February 25, 2020.
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