Terry McCombs
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The Honourable Sir Terry McCombs OBE ED |
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Terence McCombs in 1935
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| 24th Minister of Education | |
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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 | |
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In office 1973–1975 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Merwyn Norrish |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Watt |
| Personal details | |
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5 September 1905 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Died | 6 November 1982 (aged 77) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
1. Beryl Lavinia Butterick (m. 1935; d. 1952) 2. Christina Mary Tulloch |
| Relations |
James McCombs (father) Elizabeth McCombs (mother) Christina Henderson (aunt) Stella Henderson (aunt) |
| Profession | School teacher and headmaster |
Sir Terence "Terry" Henderson McCombs OBE ED (5 September 1905 – 6 November 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, a High Commissioner, and the first principal of Cashmere High School.
McCombs was born in 1905. His parents, Elizabeth McCombs (née Henderson) and James McCombs, were both socialists. Between them, his parents represented the Lyttelton electorate from 1913 to 1935. McCombs was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and Waitaki Boys' High School and graduated from Canterbury University College with MSc(Hons) in chemistry in 1929. He was appointed as a teacher at Seddon Memorial Technical College in Auckland in 1934.
He represented the Lyttelton electorate from 1935, when he won the by-election following his mother's death, until he was defeated in the bitter 1951 election.
He was Minister of Education from 1947 to 1949, near the end of the term of the First Labour Government.
In 1936, McCombs was appointed to the Canterbury University College Council, and he remained a member until 1947, when he became Minister of Education. As Minister of Education, he was involved on behalf of the Government in the purchase of the Ilam campus for the university. In the centennial history of the university, it is stated that "Canterbury has never enjoyed greater ministerial support than it did from McCombs". In 1957, he again became a member of the council; in the meantime, the name of the institution had been changed to University of Canterbury. He was Chancellor of the University of Canterbury from 1968 to 1971.
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