Harold Lloyd Henderson
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Rev. Harold Lloyd Henderson (1907-1993) was a Presbyterian minister and politican in Manitoba, Canada.
Henderson was mayor of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba from 1947 to 1966, and again from 1971 to 1974. Henderson ran as a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada at its leadership conventions in 1958 and 1968. He received only one vote in his first attempt, when he was a delegate, and none in his second. Henderson claimed that he did not vote for himself on the former occasion.
Henderson also ran for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party on three occasions. He received 27 votes in 1961, finishing fourth out of four candidates. He fell to 16 votes in 1969, again finishing fourth out of four. In 1975, he was the only opponent of Charles Huband, losing by 381 votes to 87.
In the 1958 federal election, Henderson was a Liberal candidate in the riding of Portage-Neepawa, placing a distant second. He also ran as an "independent" candidate in the same riding in the 1962 and 1963 elections, placing last each time. He never sought election to the provincial legislature.