Harold Lloyd Henderson

Harold Lloyd Henderson (June 1907 – 18 January 1993) was a Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada.

Life

Harold Lloyd Henderson was born in Freeland, Prince Edward Island, in June 1907, to Annie and Robert Cummings Henderson. He graduated from Prince of Wales College, McGill University with a Master of Arts degree, and The Presbyterian College, Montreal. He was offered a teaching position at University of Toronto, but chose to become a minister. He was ordained as a Presbytery minister in 1942.<ref name="byelection" /><ref name="life">Template:Cite news</ref> He married Mary Evelyn Davis.<ref name="wife" />

Henderson was elected to the Portage la Prairie council in 1945.<ref name="byelection" />

Henderson ran as an independent candidate in a 1946 by-election in Portage la Prairie.<ref name="byelection">Template:Cite news</ref>

Henderson was the only mayor in Canada to not adopt a principle of submission to the federal government.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Henderson ran to be leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 1958. He spent $1,000 on his campaign, but stated that he knew he would not win.<ref name="wife">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He received one vote for the leadership.<ref name="federal election">Template:Cite news</ref> He unsuccessfully sought the leadership position again in 1968. He also ran to be leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party three times.<ref name="life" />

Henderson was the Liberal candidate for Portage—Neepawa in the 1958 federal election.<ref name="federal election" />

Henderson served as mayor of Portage la Prairie from 1947 to 1966, and from 1971 to 1974.<ref name="life" /> He was defeated by William A. Linden in 1967.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He died in Portage la Prairie on 18 January 1993.<ref name="life" />