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September 13, 1933

On September 13, 1933, elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. Robert Bourassa, Dumaagiin Sodnom, Robert Bourassa would arrive in the same year.

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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 933rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 33rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1930s decade.

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On September 13, 1933

  1. 1933 Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.

    New Zealand politician (1873–1935)

    Elizabeth Reid McCombs was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party who in 1933 became the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. New Zealand women gained the right to vote in 1893, though were not allowed to stand for the House of Representatives until the election of 1919. McCombs had previously contested elections in 1928 and 1931.

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Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia

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