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- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1925 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1922 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "Petition of Joseph Alfred Clark". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 97. 22 June 1922. p. 3409. Retrieved 29 October 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Wammerawa: Mr Ashford ousted, Mr Clark elected, committee's decision". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 July 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 29 October 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1922 Wammerawa re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1920 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.