1935 Lyttelton by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2022January 2024 1935 Lyttelton by-election New Zealand 1935 by-election no 1933 Lyttelton by-election 1933 by-election 1935 New Zealand general election 1935 general The Lyttelton seat in the House of Representatives.Election by simple majority using first-past-the-post voting. 1935 7 24 y 67.43% 115px Terry McCombs New Zealand Labour Party 5,437 58.65% 85px Melville Lyons United/Reform Coalition 3,685 39.75% Member Elizabeth McCombs Terry McCombs New Zealand Labour Party New Zealand Labour Party The 1935 Lyttelton by-election was a by-election held on 24 July 1935 during the 24th New Zealand Parliament in the Lyttelton electorate. The electorate was won by Terry McCombs of the New Zealand Labour Party, succeeding his mother. Selection process Terrence McCombs's mother, Elizabeth McCombs had held the seat after winning it in a by-election in 1933. She died on 7 June 1935 after succumbing to illness.Mrs. E. R. McCombs M.P. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350607.2.109.1 13 November 2011 Evening Post CXIX 133 7 June 1935 11 The New Zealand Labour Party chose Terrence McCombs to stand for them. This was in some ways a surprise as many expected that Jim Thorn would be the candidate.The By-Election http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350619.2.129 13 November 2011 Evening Post CXIX 143 19 June 1935 14 The United-Reform Coalition who were operating under the name "National Political Federation" selected Melville Lyons as their candidate. Lyons had a rural background as he was secretary of the New Zealand Sheepbreeders' Association at the time. In the 1925 New Zealand general election he had stood for the New Zealand Reform Party in 1925 in Lyttelton against James McCombs. He was declared the winner with a victory of eight votes but the election court overturned this and McCombs won by just one vote.Lyttelton Seat http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350620.2.113 13 November 2011 Evening Post CXIX 144 20 June 1935 14 The New Zealand Democrat Party's leader Albert Davy declined to stand a candidate in the by-election. He believed that the by-election was a waste of money given the close proximity to the 1935 general election.Coming By-Election http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350613.2.75.1 13 November 2011 Evening Post 13 June 1935 CXIX 138 10 Other candidates who chose to stand included Edward HillsLyttelton Seat http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350625.2.113.1 13 November 2011 Evening Post 25 June 1935 CXIX 148 10 and G.S Hamilton. Results Results of the by-election held on 13 September 1933 were: Results of the by-election held on 24 July 1935 were: Outcome McCombs extended his majority to 2,645 at the general election later that year and held the seat until 1951. This meant that his family held the seat for 38 years ever since his father's win in the Lyttelton by-election of 1913. References Lyttelton 1935 Category:1935 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Canterbury Region Category:July 1935 in Oceania