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- ↑ @NL_HOA (8 July 2021). "Trevor Bennett (MHA 1979-82) and son Jim Bennett (MHA 2011-15) both represented the district of St. Barbe. #NLLeg50…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1980.
- ↑ "A new Party A new era" (PDF). Centre for Nfid Studies (CNS). p. 5 of 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Nurse Myra Bennett House, Daniel's Harbour, NL".
- ↑ "The Florence Nightingale of Newfoundland". 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". 1981.
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