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- ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 146 (170 in web page), Lancashire North East
- ↑ Martin, Ross Murdoch (2000). The Lancashire Giant David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant. Liverpool University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0853239345.