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- 1 2 "Elections and Qualifications Committee: The Condoublin election declared void". The Sydney Morning Herald . 11 October 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 29 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "The petition of Andrew Stewart". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (739). 3 September 1901. p. 6885. Retrieved 29 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Condoublin". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (854). 19 November 1901. p. 7907. Retrieved 29 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Coundoublin by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1901 Condoublin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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