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- 1 2 3 4 "MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1951 to INDEPENDENCE 1979 to PRESENT" (PDF). House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-14.
- ↑ "Remembering Sir Vincent Ian Beache 1 Year After". St Vincent Times. 5 August 2020.
- ↑ Macmillan, Palgrave (28 February 2017). "The Statesman's Yearbook 2017: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World". Springer.
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