| The Honourable Sir Terence McCombs MP OBE ED |
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| Terence McCombs in 1936 | |
| 24th Minister of Education | |
| In office 18 October 1947 – 13 December 1949 |
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| Prime Minister | Peter Fraser |
| Preceded by | Rex Mason |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Algie |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Lyttelton |
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| In office 1935 – 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Elizabeth McCombs |
| Succeeded by | Harry Lake |
| 15th High Commissioner from New Zealand to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1973–1975 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Merwyn Norrish |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Watt |
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| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1982 (aged 77 or 78) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Relations | Father - James McCombs Mother - Elizabeth McCombs |
| Profession | School teacher and headmaster |
Sir Terence Henderson McCombs, OBE ED (1905–1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
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He was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School and Canterbury University College.
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1935 | 24th | Lyttelton | Labour | |
| 1935–38 | 25th | Lyttelton | Labour | |
| 1938–43 | 26th | Lyttelton | Labour | |
| 1943–46 | 27th | Lyttelton | Labour | |
| 1946–49 | 28th | Lyttelton | Labour | |
| 1949–51 | 29th | Lyttelton | Labour | |
He represented the Lyttelton electorate from 1935, when he won the by-election to 1951, when he was defeated in the bitter 1951 election. Lyttelton had been held by his father James McCombs, and then by his mother Elizabeth McCombs until she died.
He was Minister of Education from 1947 to 1949, near the end of the term of the First Labour Government.
He was awarded an OBE in 1971, and knighted in 1975. From 1973 to 1975 he was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
After his defeat in 1951, McCombs returned to teaching. In 1956, he became the founding headmaster of Cashmere High School in Christchurch.[1] His wife died in 1952, and he became a solo parent with four school-age children.
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| Preceded by Elizabeth McCombs |
Member of Parliament for Lyttelton 1935-1951 |
Succeeded by Harry Lake |