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- 1 2 "Mr Edmund Webb (1830-1899)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ↑ "Summons to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette (567). New South Wales, Australia. 29 December 1881. p. 6793. Retrieved 4 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1880-1882 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ↑ "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette (571). 30 December 1881. p. 6892. Retrieved 4 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "January 1882 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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