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- ↑ "Parliamentarians – Montserrat Legislative Assembly" . Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ Bird, Rebecca (2024-10-25). "United Alliance secures majority in Montserrat Legislative Assembly". Montserrat Focus | News. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ Bird, Rebecca (2024-06-24). "Parliamentary secretary resigns after switching party allegiance". Montserrat Focus | News. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ↑ "CIWiL congratulates the only woman elected to the Montserrat Legislative Assembly-Veronica Dorsette-Hector". Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
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