[1] The electorate was in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand, and included the port of Lyttelton.
[15] He held the seat until April 1873, when was promoted to the New Zealand Legislative Council (the upper house).
[18] The resulting by-election on 19 May 1873 was won by his brother in law, Henry Richard Webb, who beat Hugh Murray-Aynsley.
[19] At the 28 December 1875 general election, the Lyttelton electorate was contested by the same two candidates as the 1873 by-election, but this time, Murray-Aynsley was successful.
The returning officer gave his casting vote to Lyons and declared him elected.
[25] The 1931 election had a close result, with McCombs just 32 votes ahead of the United–Reform Coalition candidate, Christchurch civil engineer Frederick Willie Freeman.
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