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- 1 2 "Mr Edmund Lonsdale (1843-1913)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Armidale". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (604). 19 November 1903. p. 8539. Retrieved 25 July 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1903 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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