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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A short history of the institution". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
- ↑ Jacques Drouin, the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, will step down on July 11 of this year
