Horace Herring

Not to be confused with Hank Herring.

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.

Horace Herring in 1935

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.^[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

1. Wood 1996, p. 92.
2. Wilson 1985, p. 205.
3. Taylor 1970, p. 165.
4. "By-election Totals". The Evening Post. 17 February 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
5. Wilson 1982, p. 72.
6. Logan 2008, p. 50.

References

• 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.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Jeremiah Connolly	Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury 1935–1938	Succeeded by Arthur Grigg