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- ↑ "Polling Today in Woodside". The Glasgow Herald. 22 November 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ "Woodside goes to the polls". The Glasgow Herald. 22 November 1962. p. 16. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ The Times, 23 Nov 1962
- ↑ "1962 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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