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References
- ↑ William Dartnell Johnson, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, Western Australia: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. p. 138. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
- ↑ John Joseph Brady – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ David Grayden – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 23 January 2017.