Harold Thomas Herbert | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vaudreuil | |
| In office 1972–1984 | |
| Preceded by | René Émard |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Cadieux |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 17, 1922 London, England, UK |
| Died | July 25, 2003 (aged 81) Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Madeleine Lemieux Herbert |
| Children | Louise Herbert and Thomas Herbert |
| Residence | Hudson |
| Committees | Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs (1973-1974) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works (1978-1979) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Urban Affairs (1978-1979) Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole (1984) |
Harold Thomas Herbert (June 17, 1922 – July 25, 2003) was a British-born Canadian politician. He introduced the Private Member's Bill in 1982 which amended the Holidays Act to change the name of Canada's national holiday from "Dominion Day" to "Canada Day".
Born in London, England, he joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 and took flight training in Canada in 1941. During the World War II, he flew Spitfires on high-altitude photo-reconnaissance trips and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, he studied engineering in Scotland and moved to Canada in 1948. He eventually became a partner with a Montreal construction firm.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election representing the riding of Vaudreuil. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1974, 1979, and 1980. He was defeated in 1984. In 1978, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works. In 1984, he was the Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole.
| 1972 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 27,372 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jeannette-T. Burley | 11,477 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Joseph-Endré De Csavossy | 4,526 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Michel Beauséjour | 3,573 | ||||||
| Independent | André Théoret | 3,066 | ||||||
| Independent | Walter J. Williams | 330 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 29,685 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Brown | 12,422 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Tom Rees | 4,397 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Sarah Audet | 2,752 | ||||||
| Independent | Gaëtan Boyer | 805 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 41,508 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Diana Togneri | 7,787 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Lorne Brown | 4,512 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Mario G. Turbide | 3,625 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Claude Simard | 1,177 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Claude Lévesque | 437 | ||||||
| Union populaire | Jérome Chaput | 237 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 39,159 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Lorne Brown | 7,309 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Thé | 6,277 | ||||||
| Union populaire | Guy Cousineau | 513 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Irena Bubniuk | 479 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Michelle Duford | 234 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Cadieux | 37,499 | ||||||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 20,362 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Anne Erskine | 7,993 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Nicole B.D. Pans | 1,470 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | Benoît Duchesne | 1,017 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Gordon Gouldson | 345 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Jacques Cartier | 139 | ||||||