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- ↑ "Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Brave Davis and Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson appointed Queen’s Councils by the GG!",Bahamas Press,6 January 2015.
- ↑ Staff1 (20 September 2021). "Bahamas Cabinet Taking Shape, Nine New Ministers Appointed". Eleutheranews.
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