Horace Herring
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Hank Herring.
Horace Herring in 1935
Horace Edgar Herring (1884–1962) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury.
Member of Parliament
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Mid-Canterbury | Labour | |
Horace Herring represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate for the Labour Party between 1935 and 1938.[1][2]
He was a supporter of John A. Lee and stood as a Democratic Labour Party candidate at the 1943 by-election, which was won by Mabel Howard. Horace Herring received a very creditable 2,578 votes; 26.7% of the total cast.[3][4] Labour MP Ormond Wilson, described Herring as "a character only Dickens could have invented".[5] (See also a description of his Maiden Speech in Parliament.[6])
Herring was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1937 for services to New Zealand.
He was Mayor of Levin from 1953 to 1956.
Notes
References
- The Expulsion of John A. Lee and its Effects on the Development of the Labour Party by B.S. Taylor (1970, MA Thesis-University of Canterbury, Christchurch)
- An Outsider Looks Back by Ormond Wilson (1982, Port Nicholson Press, 1982)
- Nordy, Arnold Nordmeyer: A Political Biography by Mary Logan (2008, Steele Roberts, Wellington)
- The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
- Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jeremiah Connolly |
Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury 1935–1938 |
Succeeded by Arthur Grigg |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.