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About Herbert Beresford
- Herbert Grahame Beresford (November 19, 1880 – June 15, 1938) was a land surveyor and politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932.Beresford was born in Tillicoultry, Scotland, and was raised in nearby Dollar.
- Educated at Dollar Academy and St.
- Andrew's University, he came to Canada in 1903 and worked as a land surveyor, serving as president of the Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors in 1918 and 1919.
- He was also active in the Scottish Rite of freemasonry. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1927 provincial election as an independent Progressive, defeated Liberal Fred C.
- Hamilton in the sprawling northern constituency of Rupertsland.
- For the next four years, he served as a supporter of John Bracken's government. In 1932, the provincial Liberal and Progressive parties formed an electoral alliance to prevent the Conservative Party from winning the next election.
- In most constituencies, Liberals and Progressives united behind a single candidate.
- In Rupertsland, however, Beresford was challenged by Liberal cabinet minister Ewan McPherson, who had been defeated in Portage la Prairie.
- McPherson won the challenge, ending Beresford's career as a legislator.
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