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- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989), British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987, Dartmouth: Gower, ISBN 0900178302
- ↑ "The Hackney Election" . The Morning Post . 17 November 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 20 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
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