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- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- "Thomas Porteous". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- ↑ Campey, LH (2006) Les Écossais: The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855 ISBN 1-897045-14-X