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Elizabeth May Gilmer

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Elizabeth May Gilmer

In 1935, Helen McKenzie Black (left) and Elizabeth May Gilmer (right) stood for parliament unsuccessfully; Black as a Democrat Party candidate and Gilmer as an independent.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

Reference: C-016177-1/2

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bronwyn Labrum. 'Gilmer, Elizabeth May', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/245/elizabeth-may-gilmer (accessed 4 June 2026).