Mabel Howard elected to Parliament, 1943

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Mabel Howard elected to Parliament, 1943

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On 6 February 1943, Mabel Howard became the fifth woman in New Zealand to be elected to Parliament. Howard stood in the Christchurch-East 1943 by-election. She comfortably won the seat, taking 4559 of the 9644 eligible votes. The image above is from a file transferred to Archives New Zealand from the Electoral Department. It shows the total n...

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Archives New Zealand / Archives / Archives NZ / NZ / NZ History / New Zealand History / Politics / Politicians / 1943 / Suffrage125 / Women / Election / Christchurch / Mabel Howard

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