Horace Edgar Herring (1884–9 January 1962) was a New Zealand
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for
Mid-Canterbury
Mid Canterbury (also spelt Mid-Canterbury and mid-Canterbury) is a traditional, semi-official subregion of New Zealand's Canterbury Region extending inland from the Pacific coast to the Southern Alps. It is one of four traditional sub-regions of C ...
. Born in England and a mechanical engineer and draughtsman, he came to New Zealand in 1909.
Member of Parliament
Horace Herring represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate for the
Labour Party between 1935 and 1938.
He was a supporter of
John A. Lee
John Alfred Alexander Lee (31 October 1891 – 13 June 1982) was a New Zealand politician and writer. He is one of the more prominent avowed socialism in New Zealand, socialists in New Zealand's political history.
Lee was elected as a me ...
and stood as a
Democratic Labour Party candidate at the
1943 Christchurch East by-election
The 1943 Christchurch East by-election held on 6 February was caused by the death of Tim Armstrong during the term of the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election in the Christchurch East electorate was contested by five candidates, includi ...
, which was won by
Mabel Howard
Mabel Bowden Howard (18 April 1894 – 23 June 1972) was a well-known New Zealand trade unionist and politician. She was the first woman secretary of a predominantly male union (the Canterbury General Labourers' Union).
She was a Member of Parl ...
. Horace Herring received a very creditable 2,578 votes; 26.7% of the total cast.
Labour MP
Ormond Wilson
George Hamish Ormond Wilson (18 November 1907 – 17 April 1988) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament representing the Labour Party, farmer, author and Chairman of the Historic Places Trust. He donated 30 acres of bush and his homestead to t ...
, described Herring as "a character only
Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian er ...
could have invented". (See also a description of his Maiden Speech in Parliament.)
Herring was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1937 for services to New Zealand.
He was Mayor of
Levin from 1953 to 1956.
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Independent MPs of New Zealand
Mayors of places in Manawatū-Whanganui
New Zealand Labour Party MPs
New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
1884 births
1962 deaths
Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand) politicians
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1938 New Zealand general election
British emigrants to New Zealand
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