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- ↑ Archived 8 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
- 1 2 3 "Unionists Retain Scotstoun". The Glasgow Herald. 26 October 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ "1950 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Scoutson". The Glasgow Herald. 26 October 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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