John Frederick Herman (April 11, 1889[1] – February 1950[2]) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Melville from 1938 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Social Credit member.
He was born in Bradford, Ontario, the son of Frederick William Herman and Sarah Etta Roach, and was educated in Severn Bridge, Ontario, in Moosomin, Saskatchewan[1] and in Regina. Herman taught school in Saskatchewan for several years. In 1922, he married Eva Chilcott. He was an unsuccessful Farmer-Labour candidate for the Moosomin seat in the provincial assembly in 1934 and for the Qu'Appelle seat in the Canadian House of Commons running as a CCF candidate the following year.[2] Herman lived in Rocanville.[1] He did not run for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1944.[2]
Electoral record
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur T. Procter | 2,812 | 44.62% | - | |
| Conservative | Frederick Dennis Munroe | 2,465 | 39.11% | - | |
| Farmer-Labour | John Frederick Herman | 1,025 | 16.27% | – | |
| Total | 6,302 | 100.00% | |||
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Ernest Perley | 5,769 | 36.6 | |||||
| Liberal | James Alexander McCowan | 5,579 | 35.4 | -17.9 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Frederick Herman | 2,210 | 14.0 | |||||
| Social Credit | Joseph Alois Thauberger | 2,186 | 13.9 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 15,744 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Credit | John Frederick Herman | 5,100 | 50.05% | – | |
| Liberal | Charles Morton Dunn | 5,089 | 49.95% | - | |
| Total | 10,189 | 100.00% | |||
References
edit- ^ a b c Normandin, A L (1943). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- ^ a b c Quiring, Brett (2004). Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present. Canadian Plains Research Center Press. pp. 106–7. ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
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