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- ↑ Canadian Parliamentary Guide (1972)
- 1 2 "Premier Grimes announces Cabinet changes". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. April 4, 2002.
- 1 2 Holmes, Gillian (1999). Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000. p. 82. ISBN 0920966551.
- 1 2 3 "Directory of Street Names" (PDF). City of Mount Pearl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Mount Pearl". Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2003. CBC News.
- ↑ "Dragon boaters row to raise funds to fight breast cancer". The Telegram. August 17, 2014.