Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 2. 7th March 1973
"I Won Fair And Square"
"I Won Fair And Square"
Ken Comber's entry into politics wasn't as many suppose, a whim conceived with the hope of cashing in on being the son-in-law of Sir Keith Holyoake. "I've been interested in politics for 12 years. Since 1961 when I joined the staff of the Counties Association I started getting involved in political life. Being Sir Keith's son-in-law has made it harder for me in politics. People are saying 'you'll never measure up to Sir Keith', he says. Asked if people had actually expressed dislike of him because of his relationship to Sir Keith, Ken Comber says "I had a sense of this quietly bubbling, but it was not obvious. There was a feeling amongst some people that I was just cashing in. But I know in my own mind I won the Wellington Central national candidacy fair and square".