Herbert Sulkers (September 25, 1889—October 16, 1948) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1936 to 1941, as a representative of the

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(CCF). Sulkers was born in

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, the

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, and received his early education in that city. He came to Canada in 1907, and continued his education in

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. Sulkers worked as a florist, and was president of the Manitoba Vegetable Growers Association. From 1924 to 1936, he served as a school trustee. In 1912, he married Gertrude Bergman. Sulkers also served as president of the Manitoba Sugar Beet Growers' Association. In the 1935 federal election, Sulkers ran as a candidate of the federal

in Springfield. He finished a close second against Liberal candidate John Mouat Turner. Sulkers was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election, in which the CCF ran a joint campaign with the provincial

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(ILP). He defeated

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by 665 votes. The CCF entered an all-party

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in 1940, and Sulkers briefly served as a government backbencher. He was defeated by Liberal-Progressive candidate Nicholas Stryk in the 1941 provincial election. He died at home in Winnipeg at the age of 59.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sulkers, Herbert 1889 births 1948 deaths Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs Dutch emigrants to Canada 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba