Herbert Wright (politician)

Herbert Henry Wright(October 2, 1880—September 21, 1944) was a politician inManitoba,Canada. He served in theLegislative Assembly of Manitobafrom 1936 to 1941.

Wright was born inEugenia Falls,Ontario,and was educated inEmerson,Manitoba and atWesley CollegeinWinnipeg.He worked as a customs broker. Wright also saw action inWorld War I,serving with the 29th Battalion of the C.E.F. from 1914 to 1919 as a machine-gunner.

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the1927 provincial electionas aLiberalcandidate inEmerson.He finished second toProgressivecandidateRobert Curran,losing by 139 votes.

Wright later aligned himself with a group of Liberals who opposed the party's 1932 alliance (and subsequent merger) with the Progressives. He campaigned in the1936 provincial electionas a Liberal Independent, and defeated Curranby twenty votes. Only one other Liberal Independent was elected, and Wright served on the opposition benches for the next four years.

In 1940, Wright endorsed the all-partycoalition governmentcreated by Liberal-ProgressivePremierJohn Bracken.He campaigned for re-election in the1941 electionas an official Liberal-Progressive candidate, but lost to pro-coalition independentJohn Solomonby 701 votes.

Wright died in the Winnipeg General Hospital at the age of 63.