Herbert Elmer Lorraine Pickering QSO JP (29 March 1919 – 25 July 2009) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and was a cabinet minister.
[2] During World War II, he was a flying instructor for the RNZAF.
[1] He contested the Avon electorate for National in 1960 election; then, following the death of William Gillespie, he contested the Hurunui electorate in the 1961 by-election and was elected.
In 1969, he was appointed to the Executive Council by Keith Holyoake (unusually, he was not also a cabinet minister) and served until 1972.
[5] He was Minister of Education in the Second National Government under Jack Marshall, from 9 February to 8 December 1972.