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Kōrero: Labour Party

First woman member of Parliament

First woman member of Parliament

This is pioneering politician Elizabeth McCombs around 1933, the year she replaced her late husband as MP for Lyttelton, becoming New Zealand's first woman MP. McCombs was a lifelong socialist and campaigner for women's rights.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Advisory Committee of Women's Affairs Collection

Reference: 1/2-150372-F

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.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Aimer, Labour Party – Māori and women in the Labour Party, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34053/first-woman-member-of-parliament (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Aimer, i tāngia i te 31 October 2011, updated 1 January 2023.