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References
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Gordon Sandeman (1810-1897)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Patrick Leslie (1815-1881)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ "Mr William Butler Tooth (1823-1876)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Moreton Wide Bay Burnett and Maranoa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ "Legislative Assembly". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 May 1858. p. 5. Retrieved 12 June 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Proclamation: validity of election". New South Wales Government Gazette . 22 June 1858. p. 965. Retrieved 12 June 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "New Member". The Sydney Morning Herald . 23 June 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 12 June 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Election for the Burnett, Maranoa, Port Curtis and Leichhardt districts". The Moreton Bay Courier . 21 November 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2019– via Trove.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis 1857". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1856 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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