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    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...
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  • Davis McCombs (b. 1969), American poet Doug McCombs (b. 1962), American musician Elizabeth McCombs (1872–1935), New Zealand politician Holland McCombs (1901–1991)...
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    community work McCombs met the like-minded Elizabeth Henderson. Henderson was the president of the Young People's No License League of which McCombs became a...
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    were Thomas Irons McComb born 1766, Jennett McComb born 1780 who married Thomas Clayton, Elizabeth McComb, and James Bellach McComb. Eleazer is pictured...
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  • Grigg first female MP of the National Party Elizabeth McCombs first female MP, succeeded her husband James McCombs in 1933 following his death, and was in...
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    Sir Terence Henderson McCombs OBE ED (5 September 1905 – 6 November 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, a High Commissioner, and the...
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    women's rights Elizabeth Yates, who in 1893 became the first female Mayor in the British Empire and the second in the world Elizabeth McCombs, first female...
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    writer Elizabeth McAlister (born 1939), American peace activist and former nun Elizabeth McCombs (1873–1935), New Zealand politician Elizabeth McCracken...
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  • Elizabeth McComb (born December 1, 1952) is an American gospel and blues singer, songwriter and pianist. The sixth of seven children, Elizabeth McComb...
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    James McCombs, the Labour MP for Lyttelton, died on 2 August 1933. The resulting 1933 by-election Labour victory by his wife, Elizabeth McCombs, made...
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    This by-election came about because of the death of James McCombs who was Elizabeth McCombs's husband. He had held the electorate of Lyttelton since he...
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  • national executive of the Social Democratic Party. Together with Elizabeth McCombs, she was voted onto the first executive council of the New Zealand...
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    Respers, Lisa; Campbell, Josh; Wagmeister, Elizabeth (June 7, 2024). "Howard University revokes Sean Combs' honorary degree and terminates $2 million...
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    candidates until 1919, and the first female Member of Parliament (Elizabeth McCombs) was not elected until 1933 – 40 years later. Although there have...
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    woman to win an election (to the seat held by her late husband) was Elizabeth McCombs in 1933. Mabel Howard became the first female cabinet minister in...
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    Iriaka Rātana, who represented the Western Maori electorate. Like Elizabeth McCombs, New Zealand's first woman MP, Rātana won the seat in a by-election...
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  • Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist (d. 1935) 1873 – Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand (d. 1935)...
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  • Labour. While in Wellington, Don was also an active member in the Elizabeth McCombs Club, which encouraged women to actively participate in public life...
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  • Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship. 1933 – Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. 1942...
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  • not until 1919 that women were allowed to run for Parliament, and Elizabeth McCombs became the first women elected to the Parliament in 1933. In the early...
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  • pp92–93 Martin, p272 Premières femmes élues Congress of New Caledonia Elizabeth McCombs New Zealand History Victoria González-Rivera (2011) Before the Revolution:...
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    Zealand coins first issued, see New Zealand pound. 1933 9 September: Elizabeth McCombs becomes first woman MP. 1934 Reserve Bank and Mortgage Corporation...
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  • William Massey Robert Masters Elizabeth McCombs Donald McGavin William McIntyre Robert McKeen Alexander McLeod James McLeod Peter McSkimming Ellen Melville Reginald...
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    New Zealand include William Fox, Frank Isitt, Leonard Isitt, Elizabeth McCombs, James McCombs, Kate Sheppard, Robert Stout and Tommy Taylor. The liquor laws...
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  • They were Rosetta Baume, Aileen Cooke and Ellen Melville. 1933: Elizabeth McCombs was the first woman MP; followed by Catherine Stewart (1938; the first...
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  • Retrieved 27 October 2020. Wilson 1985, pp. 137, 226. Wilson 1985, p. 242. McGillivray, Amy (7 November 2011). "Tamaki MP Allan Peachey dies". www.stuff...
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    United–Reform Coalition, came a distant second against Terry McCombs, the son of Elizabeth McCombs. Lyons was chosen as the candidate for the National Party...
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    the dining hall was taken down in 1933 when the first female MP, Elizabeth McCombs, was elected. In the 1990s, the catering service was opened to all...
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  • electorate was won by Terry McCombs of the New Zealand Labour Party, succeeding his mother. Terrence McCombs's mother, Elizabeth McCombs had held the seat after...
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  • resulted in the election of the first woman MP Elizabeth McCombs (who was in turn succeeded by her son Terry McCombs), the first woman National MP Mary Grigg...
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