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Elizabeth McCombs
Elizabeth Reid McCombs c. 1933
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Lyttelton
In office
13 September 1933 – 7 June 1935
Preceded byJames McCombs
Succeeded byTerry McCombs
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Reid Henderson

19 November 1873
Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Died7 June 1935(1935-06-07) (aged 61)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
SpouseJames McCombs (married 1903)
RelationsChristina Henderson (sister); Stella Henderson (sister)
ChildrenFour children (two were adopted), incl. Terry McCombs

Elizabeth Reid McCombs (née Henderson, 19 November 1873 – 7 June 1935) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party who in 1933 became the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.[1][2] New Zealand women gained the right to vote in 1893, though were not allowed to stand for the House of Representatives until the election of 1919.[1] McCombs had previously contested elections in 1928 and 1931.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Celebrating women's right to vote". New Zealand Parliament. 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ King, Michael (2003). Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin. p. 266. ISBN 0143018671.
  3. ^ Garner, Jean. "McCombs, Elizabeth Reid". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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