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- ↑ "Council Members for the Term 2014-2018". York Regional Council. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ↑ Queen, Lisa (December 11, 2014). "Wayne Emmerson is new chair of York Region". East Gwillimbury Express. York Region Media Group. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ↑ City of Vaughan 2014 Elections: Local and Regional Councillors (unofficial results) Archived October 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , City of Vaughan, October 28, 2014.
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- ↑ "Changing Faces: York Region Governance from 1792 to the Present" (PDF). york.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2012.
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