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- ↑ "Hon. William Tongamp, MP". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea . Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "Nominations By Electorate" (PDF). PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.