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- ↑ "Kivalliq sends new energy to the Nunavut legislature". Nunatsiaq News , October 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Alexander Sammurtok beats Lorne Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South". Nunatsiaq News , February 10, 2014.
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