Hermann Lindt studied law in Bern.
In 1904 he was chosen member of the Council of Bern for the Conservative Party, he held this office until 1909.
He sat from 1909 to 1918 for the Conservative Party, and from 1922 to 1937 for the Party of Farmers, workers and shopkeepers (BGB, forerunner of today's Swiss People's Party) in the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern.
[1] Hermann Lindt was chosen in 1920 as the successor to Mayor Gustav Müller of Bern.
Besides his work as a politician Hermann Lindt was also vice president and later chairman of the board of directors of the Bern Hypothekarkasse.