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- ↑ "Recount underway after close Akulliq byelection", cbc.ca, December 16, 2008.
- ↑ "Akulliq by-election recount leads to tie", cbc.ca, January 8, 2009.
- ↑ "March 2, 2009 election results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
