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- ↑ The Nationals for Regional WA: Hon Martin Aldridge MLC Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 4 MP Historical Data
- 1 2 3 Martin Aldridge MLC Inaugural Speech
- ↑ Moora Flood 1999
- ↑ "Fuel card rollout for regional volunteers". Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.