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1935 Lyttelton by-election

New Zealand by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1935 Lyttelton by-election
country	New Zealand
flag_year	1935
type	by-election
ongoing	no
previous_election	1933 Lyttelton by-election
previous_year	1933 by-election
next_election	1935 New Zealand general election
next_year	1935 general
seats_for_election	The seat in the House of Representatives.
Election by simple majority using first-past-the-post voting.
election_date
turnout	67.43%
image1	[[File:Terry McCombs, 1950.jpg	115px]]
candidate1	Terry McCombs
party1	New Zealand Labour Party
popular_vote1	5,437
percentage1	58.65%
image2	[[File:Melville Lyons, 1930.jpg	85px]]
candidate2	Melville Lyons
party2	United/Reform Coalition
popular_vote2	3,685
percentage2	39.75%
title	Member
before_election	Elizabeth McCombs
after_election	Terry McCombs
before_party	New Zealand Labour Party
after_party	New Zealand Labour Party

Election by simple majority using first-past-the-post voting. 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.

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 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.

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.

Other candidates who chose to stand included Edward Hills 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

(7 June 1935). "Mrs. E. R. McCombs M.P.". Evening Post.
(19 June 1935). "The By-Election". Evening Post.
(20 June 1935). "Lyttelton Seat". Evening Post.
(13 June 1935). "Coming By-Election". Evening Post.
(25 June 1935). "Lyttelton Seat". Evening Post.

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