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- ↑ 61st General Assembly Nova Scotia Legislature
- ↑ "NDP appoints caucus veteran MacDonald as acting party leader". The Chronicle Herald. November 23, 2013. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Atlantic Canada's 1st NDP government takes office in Nova Scotia". CBC News, June 19, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
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