Herman Maxwell Batten Explained

Herman Maxwell Batten
Honorific-Suffix:B.A., B.Sc.
Constituency Mp:Humber—St. George's
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:William Richard Kent
Successor:Riding abolished in 1966 and it was redistributed into Burin—Burgeo and Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe ridings
Term Start:1953
Term End:1968
Birth Date:4 August 1909
Birth Place:Bareneed, Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal
Occupation:school principal, teacher
Website:Parliament of Canada biography

Herman Maxwell Batten (August 4, 1909October 17, 1991) was a Canadian politician, school principal and teacher.

Born in Bareneed, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1953 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Humber—St. George's and re-elected in the elections of 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965 and he was defeated in the election of 1968 in the riding of Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe. He was Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole between 1963 and 1965 and Chairperson of the Special Committee on a Canadian flag. He was Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons between 1966 and 1968.