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References
- 1 2 "The By-Elections. Light Poll at Kirkcaldy". The Glasgow Herald . 18 February 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ '"See by-election", Ottawa Citizen , 16 February 1944
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