Herold Driedger

Herold Leonhart Driedger (born March 28, 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the Winnipeg riding of Niakwa[1] for the Manitoba Liberal Party.

Driedger worked as a teacher before entering public life. He first sought election to the Manitoba legislature in the 1986 provincial election, running for Sidney Green's Progressive Party in the riding of Radisson. He received only 240 votes, as against 4810 for the winning candidate, New Democrat Gerard Lecuyer.

In the 1988 provincial election, he ran as a Liberal in Niakwa and defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Abe Kovnats by 1354 votes.[2] The Liberals increased their parliamentary representation from one to twenty in this election, and Driedger sat in the official opposition benches for the next two years. In the 1990 election, he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Louise Dacquay in the redistributed riding of Seine River by 47 votes,[3] amid a general loss of support for the Liberal Party. He has not sought a return to political life since then.

In 1989-90, Driedger served as the first vice-president of the Canadian Council of Public Accountants (the president was Loyola Hearn, who was later a Conservative MP in the House of Commons of Canada). He is also a member of the Canadian Prostate Cancer Network.[4]

Election results

1986 Manitoba general election: Radisson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gerard Lecuyer	4,810	53.71	-13.78
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Benoit	2,666	29.77	+1.42
	Liberal	Allan Patterson	1,239	13.84	+9.69
	Progressive	Herold Driedger	240	2.68	n/a
Turnout			8,988	69.55
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-7.60
Source: Elections Manitoba[5]

1988 Manitoba general election: Niakwa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herold Driedger	8,576	47.48	+
	Progressive Conservative	Abe Kovnats	7,222	39.99	-
	New Democratic	Stan Williams	2,026	11.22	-
	Western Independence	Lyle Cruickshank	237	1.31
Total valid votes			18,061	100.00	-
Rejected ballots			21	–	–
Turnout			18,082	79.64
Eligible voters			22,705
Source: Elections Manitoba[6]

References

1. "Memorable Manitobans". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
2. "Southdale Riding History". CBC. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
3. "Seine River Riding History". CBC. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
4. "Canadian Prostate Cancer Network News". p. 4. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
5. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-28.
6. "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

Preceded by Abe Kovnats	Member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Niakwa 1988-1990	Succeeded by Jack Reimer