Herold Leonhard Driedger (March 28, 1942 – October 1, 2024)[1] was a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the Winnipeg riding of Niakwa for the Manitoba Liberal Party.
Driedger worked as a teacher before entering public life. He first sought election to the Manitoba legislature in the 1986 provincial election, running for Sidney Green's Progressive Party in the riding of Radisson. He received only 240 votes, as against 4810 for the winning candidate, New Democrat Gerard Lecuyer.
In the 1988 provincial election, he ran as a Liberal in Niakwa and defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Abe Kovnats by 1354 votes.[2] The Liberals increased their parliamentary representation from one to twenty in this election, and Driedger sat in the official opposition benches for the next two years. In the 1990 election, he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Louise Dacquay in the redistributed riding of Seine River by 47 votes,[3] amid a general loss of support for the Liberal Party. He has not sought a return to political life since then.
In 1989-90, Driedger served as the first vice-president of the Canadian Council of Public Accountants (the president was Loyola Hearn, who was later a Conservative MP in the House of Commons of Canada). He is also a member of the Canadian Prostate Cancer Network.[4]
Election results
edit| 1986 Manitoba general election: Radisson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerard Lecuyer | 4,810 | 53.71 | -13.78 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Benoit | 2,666 | 29.77 | 1.42 | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Patterson | 1,239 | 13.84 | – | ||||
| Progressive | Herold Driedger | 240 | 2.68 | -1.47 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,955 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 33 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 12,924 | 69.55 | -6.62 | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -7.60 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1988 Manitoba general election: Niakwa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Herold Driedger | 8,576 | 47.48 | + | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Abe Kovnats | 7,222 | 39.99 | - | ||||
| New Democratic | Stan Williams | 2,026 | 11.22 | - | ||||
| Western Independence | Lyle Cruickshank | 237 | 1.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,061 | 100.00 | - | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 21 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 18,082 | 79.64 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 22,705 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[5] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Memorable Manitobans: Herold Leonhard Driedger (1942-2024)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Southdale Riding History". CBC. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Seine River Riding History". CBC. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Prostate Cancer Network News". p. 4. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.