Harry Ernest Combs

Harry Combs
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wellington Suburbs
In office 1938 – 1946
Preceded by	Robert Alexander Wright
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Onslow
In office 1946 – 1954
Preceded by	new constituency
Succeeded by	Henry May
Personal details
Born	14 January 1881
Died	12 June 1954 (aged 73)
Political party	Labour

Harry Ernest Combs (14 January 1881 – 12 June 1954) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1938–1943	26th	Wellington Suburbs		Labour
1943–1946	27th	Wellington Suburbs		Labour
1946–1949	28th	Onslow		Labour
1949–1951	29th	Onslow		Labour
1951–1954	30th	Onslow		Labour

He represented the Wellington electorates of Wellington Suburbs from 1938 to 1946, and then Onslow from 1946 to 1954 when he died.^[1] Previously Combs had unsuccessfully contested seats in the 1922 and 1925 elections.

References

1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 190. OCLC 154283103.

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.