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- ↑ Adamee Komoartok MLA for Pangnirtung Archived October 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Pang MLA suspended over assault charge Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Nunavut MLAs vote to suspend Adamee Komoartok
- ↑ Motion to suspend Adamie Komoartok
- ↑ Pangnirtung MLA resign [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Adamee Komoartok quits the Nunavut legislature
- ↑ Hamlet of Pangnirtung news release on resignation of Adamee Komoartok
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