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- ↑ Toronto Star. "Quiet civil servant stares down MPs"; 15 September 2007. Accessed 21 April 2008.
- ↑ The Globe and Mail: "Lift election-night blackout and test e-voting, electoral officer says", August 17, 2011.
- ↑ Elections Canada: "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 41st General Election of May 2, 2011", August 17, 2011.
- ↑ Marc Mayrand to step down as Chief Electoral Officer of Canada" Ottawa Citizen. June 6, 2016
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