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

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1934 Saskatchewan general election: Moosomin electoral district
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
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Melville
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

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  1. ^ a b c Normandin, A L (1943). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ^ 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.