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- 1 2 "Mr Stephen Scholey (1813-1878)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Writ of election: East Maitland". New South Wales Government Gazette (145). 16 May 1878. p. 1945. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1878 East Maitland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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