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- 1 2 "Mr Lionel Frost Bowen (1922–2012)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Randwick". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (8). January 1970. p. 195. Retrieved 21 October 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1970 Randwick by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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