Horace Herring
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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
Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer Horace Herring represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate for the Labour Party between 1935 and 1938.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
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.Template:Sfn[1] Labour MP Ormond Wilson, described Herring as "a character only Dickens could have invented".Template:Sfn (See also a description of his Maiden Speech in Parliament.Template:Sfn)
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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