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- ↑ "North Aberdeen result". The Glasgow Herald . 18 August 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ↑ Fraser, W.H.; Lee, C.H. (2000). Aberdeen, 1800–2000: A New History. Tuckwell Press. p. 212. ISBN 9781862321083 . Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ The Times, 18 August 1928
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