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- 1 2 "Mr Malcolm Brown (1881-1939)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette (138). 11 September 1939. p. 4549. Retrieved 25 November 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1939 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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