Horace Herring

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. Born in England and a mechanical engineer and draughtsman, he came to New Zealand in 1909.

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

  1. ↑ Wood 1996, p. 92.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 205.
  3. ↑ Taylor 1970, p. 165.
  4. ↑ "By-election Totals". Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 40. 17 February 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1982, p. 72.
  6. ↑ Logan 2008, p. 50.

References

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Jeremiah Connolly		 Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury
1935–1938 		Succeeded by
Arthur Grigg


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