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References
- ↑ Election held on 2 March 1935, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- ↑ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN 0708102700).