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- ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
- ↑ "Two Conservatives Run Same Riding". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 11, 1926. p. 2.
- ↑ "Fusionist Chosen". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 1, 1926. p. 8.