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- 1 2 "Major (Clarrie) Clarence Edward Martin, QC (1900-1953)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Waverley". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 171. 30 September 1953. p. 3145. Retrieved 22 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1953 Waverley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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