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- ↑ "Noted Horseman Now MP". Glasgow Herald. 14 December 1939. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.