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%±%
ConservativeErnest Perley5,76936.6 
LiberalJames Alexander McCowan5,57935.4-17.9
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Frederick Herman2,21014.0 
Social CreditJoseph Alois Thauberger2,18613.9 
Total valid votes 15,744100.0

References

  1. Normandin, A L (1943). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. 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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