Mrs Elizabeth McCombs during election night broadcast

September 1933

Mrs Elizabeth McCombs (centre), the first woman MP, during an election night radio broadcast outside the Warners Hotel in Cathedral Square. Pictured, from left, Henry Edmund Holland and D.G. Sullivan and a broadcaster holding a microphone.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square North

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

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Mrs Elizabeth McCombs christening a motorboat

23 November 1928

Mrs Elizabeth McCombs, Christchurch City Councillor, at Lyttelton harbour christening "Madame Hoover", a seagoing outbound motorboat built by J. Miller Ltd, Lyttelton for J. Scott Ramsey of Wellington.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: South East / Lyttelton

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

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Elizabeth Reid McCombs, née Henderson

1919-1925

Mrs McCombs became New Zealand's first woman MP, for the Lyttelton electorate in 1933. She succeeded her late husband, James McCombs

Area: South East / Lyttelton

Black and white image

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Mrs Elizabeth McCombs at opening season, Woolston

Circa 1933

The first female MP of New Zealand, Elizabeth R. McCombs, playing tennis at opening season at Woolston.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: South East / Woolston

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

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Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00733A

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