Erna Herchenröder | |
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| Member of theLandtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 23 October 1953 – 12 July 1958 | |
| Constituency |
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| Member of theBochum City Council | |
| In office 1946–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Erna Lohmann (1903-03-06)6 March 1903 |
| Died | 3 September 1977(1977-09-03) (aged 74) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Alfred Herchenröder |
Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann[1] (née Lohmann; 6 March 1903 – 3 September 1977) was a German trade unionist and politician who served in theLandtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1953 until 1958. A member of theSocial Democratic Party, she represented portions ofBochum.
Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann was born on 6 March 1903 in theHarpen neighborhood ofBochum inWestphalia. 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 theUnion of Miners of Germany and was a member of theGeneral 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.[2][3]
A member of theSocial Democratic Party since 1921, Herchenröder was elected to the Bochum city council in 1946, receiving 4,910 votes.[2][4] On 23 October 1953, the SPD appointed her to theLandtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, filling a vacant seat in the party's state list (landesliste [de]). Herchenröder was elected for a full term in the1954 North Rhine-Westphalia state election; standing in theBochum-Nordost [de] constituency, she received 49.3% of the vote (26,657 votes), a margin-of-victory of over 18%.[2][5] While in the Landtag, she was a member of the social and women's policy committee.[3] Herchenröder left office at the end of her term on 12 July 1958.[2]
Herchenröder died in Bochum on 3 September 1977.[3]