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- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1985 Gloucester by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- 1 2 "The Hon. Leon Ashton Punch (1928–1991)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Gloucester". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (127). 12 September 1985. p. 4861. Retrieved 15 September 2020– via Trove.
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