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- ↑ "Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ↑ "Mundy announces bid for Liberal nomination in District 22 Summerside – St. Eleanors". Journal Pioneer. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "Grits hold Summerside". Journal Pioneer . 4 March 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "P.E.I. cabinet shuffle: Tina Mundy, Robert Henderson in, Hal Perry out". CBC News. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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