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- ↑ Mr. Chris Trevor, MP, Member for Flynn: Biography Archived 10 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Parliament of Australia)
- ↑ "Solicitor to stand in Flynn." The Courier-Mail, 7 March 2007.
- ↑ Skulley, Mark. "Rudd gets his man in a must-win seat." Australian Financial Review, 6 March 2007.
- ↑ Flynn - Federal Election 2007 (ABC)
- ↑ Qld Division - Flynn (AEC)
- ↑ Kerri-Anne Mesner (14 July 2010). "Chris Trevor to contest election". Gladstone Observer. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
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