| Herb Drinkwater | |
| Office: | Mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Term Start: | 1980 |
| Term End: | 1996 |
| Preceded: | Bill Jenkins |
| Succeeded: | Sam Campana |
| Birth Date: | August 28, 1936 |
| Birth Place: | New York |
| Death Date: | December 28, 1997 (age 61) |
| Death Place: | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Herb Drinkwater (August 28, 1936 – December 28, 1997) was an American politician from the state of Arizona. Herbert Raymond Drinkwater, was the oldest child of Herbert Drinkwater (1909-1992) and Alice Estella Bumstead (1913-1987). His father was born in England, his mother in New York, where they married and had their first child: Herbert.[1] After World War II, the family moved to Phoenix where Herbert Sr was a high school math teacher.
Herbert Raymond Drinkwater was mayor of Scottsdale from 1980 to 1996, when he was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer.[2]
One of Drinkwater's sons, Mark Drinkwater, used to own Drinkwater's City Hall Restaurant at the Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale.[3] Mark was also part of the ownership group at Drinkwater's City Hall Steakhouse in downtown Scottsdale but sold the restaurant in 2007[4] and the name changed to Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse.[5]
The city of Scottsdale has a boulevard named after him; a statue of Drinkwater was built at the boulevard. The statue was dedicated on May 10, 2003.[6]