1935 Lyttelton by-election

1935 Lyttelton by-election

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The Lyttelton seat in the House of Representatives.
Election by simple majority using first-past-the-post voting.
Turnout67.43%
 
Candidate Terry McCombs Melville Lyons
Party Labour United/Reform
Popular vote 5,437 3,685
Percentage 58.65% 39.75%

Member before election

Elizabeth McCombs
Labour

Elected Member

Terry McCombs
Labour

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.