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References
- ↑ London Evening Standard - Tuesday 03 November 1896 pg.3, "The Municipal Elections"
- 1 2 The Glasgow Herald - Nov 3, 1896, pg6, "The English Municipal Elections: Results of the Polling" (full breakdown)
- ↑ THE EVOLUTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GLASGOW
- ↑ Glasgow: 1830 to 1912, p.471
- ↑ Freeman's Journal - Thursday 26 November 1896 pg.4: "The Municipal Elections"
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