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References
- ↑ "Leonie Hiscutt MLC". Tasmanian Legislative Council . Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "Hiscutt wins seat: Liberal to represent Montgomery". The Examiner . 5 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Tasmanian Legislative Council Elections". ABC . Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ Thomas-Wilson, Simeon (30 March 2017). "MLC Leonie Hiscutt to lead Government's Upper House business for unwell MLC Vanessa Goodwin". The Mercury. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
