Horace Herring

Not to be confused with Hank Herring.

Horace Herring in 1935

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

New Zealand 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.

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. Labour MP Ormond Wilson, described Herring as "a character only Dickens 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.

References

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