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- 1 2 "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182 . Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ Sweetman, p.108
- 1 2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 May 2013.