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- ↑ "Reitsma Resigns". CBC News. November 13, 1998. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- ↑ Recall Petition R98005 Parksville-Qualicum, Elections BC, 1998, archived from the original on 2001-02-16, retrieved 2007-12-10