Horace Edgar Herring (1884 – 9 January 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
edit| 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 Christchurch East 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
edit- ^ Wood 1996, p. 92.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 205.
- ^ Taylor 1970, p. 165.
- ^ "By-election Totals". The Evening Post. 17 February 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ Wilson 1982, p. 72.
- ^ Logan 2008, p. 50.
References
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- 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.
- Taylor, B.S. (1970). The Expulsion of John A. Lee and its Effects on the Development of the Labour Party (MA). University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
- Wilson, Ormond (1982). An outsider looks back : reflections on experience. Wellington, N.Z.: Port Nicholson Press. ISBN 0-908635-02-8. OCLC 11650424.
- Logan, Mary (2008). Nordy : Arnold Nordmeyer : architect of social security. Wellington, N.Z.: Steele Roberts. ISBN 978-1-877448-33-1. OCLC 226843061.
- Wilson, J. O. (1985). New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984. Wellington, N.Z.: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 13580911.
- Wood, G. A. (1996). Ministers and members in the New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0. OCLC 36122929.
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