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- ↑ Victorian Election 1999 (Research Paper 19 1999-2000)
- ↑ 2006 Victorian Election. Burwood Electorate Profile. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC)
- ↑ "7.30 Report - 13 December 1999: Burwood by-election blow to the Liberal Party". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
- ↑ VEC: Burwood District State Election 2006 Archived 11 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "State Election 2010 : Burwood District Two Candidate Preferred Results by Voting Centre". Official website. Victorian Electoral Commission . Retrieved 26 December 2010.
