Horace Herring
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
| 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
- ^ Wood 1996, p. 92.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 205.
- ^ Taylor 1970, p. 165.
- ^ "By-election Totals". Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 40. 17 February 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ Wilson 1982, p. 72.
- ^ Logan 2008, p. 50.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: A biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Methuen. p. 282. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - 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)
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