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- ↑ "A Numerical Listing of Members of the Legislative Assembly since 1890" (PDF). Parliamentary Library Western Australia. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ↑ "Swan Hills". ABC News. 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ↑ Emerson, Daniel (18 March 2013). "Roberts home by 23 votes in Midland". The West Australian.
Midland is believed to be the closest electoral race since Labor’s Gavan Troy won the former seat of Mundaring by 16 votes in 1983.
- ↑ Kaye, Tony (31 January 1991). "Lawrence defends sackings". The Australian Financial Review.
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