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- ↑ "No election fever in West Lothian. Five sides in the voting pool today". The Glasgow Herald . 14 June 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ "Veteran nationalist Billy Wolfe dies at the age of 86". 19 March 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ↑ "1962 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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