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German trade unionist politician (1903–1977)
Erna Herchenröder
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
23 October 1953 – 12 July 1958
Constituency
Member of the Bochum City Council
In office
1946–?
Personal details
BornErna Lohmann
(1903-03-06)6 March 1903
Harpen, Bochum, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died3 September 1977(1977-09-03) (aged 74)
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseAlfred Herchenröder

Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann (née Lohmann; 6 March 1903 – 3 September 1977) was a German trade unionist and politician who served in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1953 until 1958. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented portions of Bochum.

Biography

Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann was born on 6 March 1903 in the Harpen neighborhood of Bochum in Westphalia. She was educated at elementary and business school. From a young age, Herchenröder was active in trade unions as a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth (Sozialistische Arbeiter-Jugend [de]) from 1918 until 1925. From 1919 until 1922, she was an accountant in the Union of Miners of Germany and was a member of the General Federation of Free Employees. When she worked as a clerical assistant for the Bochum city administration from 1923 until 1928, she was concurrently a member of the Reich Union of German Municipal Officials. She later became a housewife, and was the managing director of the Herchenröder Company from 1940 until 1942/3.

A member of the Social Democratic Party since 1921, Herchenröder was elected to the Bochum city council in 1946, receiving 4,910 votes. On 23 October 1953, the SPD appointed her to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, filling a vacant seat in the party's state list (landesliste [de]). Herchenröder was elected for a full term in the 1954 North Rhine-Westphalia state election; standing in the Bochum-Nordost [de] constituency, she received 49.3% of the vote (26,657 votes), a margin-of-victory of over 18%. While in the Landtag, she was a member of the social and women's policy committee. Herchenröder left office at the end of her term on 12 July 1958.

Herchenröder died in Bochum on 3 September 1977.

References

  1. Reppel, Hans (2006). Rede 100 Jahre SPD Ortsverein Bochum-Harpen am 27. Oktober 2006 [Speech on 100 Years of the SPD Local Association Bochum-Harpen on 27 October 2006] (PDF) (in German). Bochum: Bochum SPD. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Detailansicht der Abgeordneten Erna Herchenröder" [Detailed view of MP Erna Herchenröder]. Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  3. ^ Sander, Susanne (2004). Karrieren und Barrieren: Landtagspolitikerinnen der BRD in der Nachkriegszeit von 1946 bis 1960 [Careers and Barriers: Women State Parliament Politicians in the Federal Republic of Germany in the Post-War Period From 1946 to 1960] (in German). Königstein im Taunus: Ulrike Helmer Verlag [de]. p. 316. ISBN 978-3-89741-163-0. OCLC 56686050.
  4. Wagner, Johannes Volker (1989). Vom Trümmerfeld ins Wirtschaftswunderland: Bochum 1945-1955 : eine Dokumentation [From the Rubble Field to the Economic Miracle: Bochum 1945-1955] (in German). Bochum: Brockmeyer. p. 448. ISBN 978-3-88339-774-0. OCLC 22002304.
  5. "Landtagswahl 1954; hier: Bekanntmachung des Wahlergebnisses im Lande" [State Election 1954; Here: Announcement of the Election Results in the Country]. Ministerialblatt für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [de] (in German). July 12, 1954. p. 1094.

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