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- 1 2 The Times Guide to the House of Commons: 1970, p.217
- ↑ "Mid-Ulster 1973-1982", Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Richard Deutsch and Vivien Magowan, Northern Ireland: 1968-74, a chronology of events, Vol. 3, p.4