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- ↑ Election results Government of Saint Lucia
- ↑ "News". Montserrat Reporter. Caribbean Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 December 2001.
- ↑ Muller, Tom (2 April 2012). Political Handbook of the World 2012. SAGE Publishing. p. 1214. ISBN 978-1-60871-995-2.
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