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- ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ↑ "Sir Edmund Barton GCMG (1849–1920)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Government Gazette (137). 14 February 1900. p. 1289. Retrieved 25 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1900 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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