Personal details
Full Name:
- Elizabeth Reid McCombs
Lifetime:
- 19 Nov 1873–7 Jun 1935
Biography
Elizabeth McCombs
Forty years after women in New Zealand received the right to vote, Elizabeth McCombs became the first female Member of Parliament.
Read more...Events In History
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13 September 1933NZ's first woman MP electedThe Labour Party's Elizabeth McCombs became the first woman Member of Parliament, winning a by-election in the Lyttelton seat caused by the death of her husband, James McCombs. Read more...
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Main image: Elizabeth McCombs
Image of Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman to become a Member of Parliament in New Zealand when she was elected as a Labour Party candidate in a Lyttelton by-election in 1933.
