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- ↑ "An Alphabetical Listing of Members of the Legislative Assembly since 1890" (PDF). Parliamentary Library Western Australia. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Deputy Premiers of Western Australia" (PDF). Parliamentary Library Western Australia. Parliament of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition from 1905" (PDF). Parliamentary Library Western Australia. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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- ↑ Price, Matt (19 February 2000). "Ex-Labor leader to quit party". The Australian.
FORMER state Opposition leader Ian Taylor intends to resign from the Labor Party over the dumping of his friend and long-time colleague, Larry Graham.
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