John Frederick Herman

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

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

References

Normandin, A L (1943). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
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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[normandin-1] Normandin, A L (1943). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.

[quiring-2] Quiring, Brett (2004). Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present. Canadian Plains Research Center Press. pp. 106–7. ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-05-17.