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
19351938 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
19351938
Succeeded by
Arthur Grigg


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