Herbert Edward Pratten (7 May 1865 – 7 May 1928) was an Australian politician.

Pratten was born in Mangotsfield

Mangotsfield

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 near Bristol, England, but made a fortune as a jam manufacturer in Western Sydney. He first became politically active as an alderman and later mayor of the Municipality of Ashfield

Municipality of Ashfield

The Municipality of Ashfield is a Local Government Area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It lies approximately 10 kilometres west of the central business district.- Demographics :According to the , there:...

.

He was elected to the Australian Senate

Australian Senate

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 in 1917 as a member of the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party of Australia

The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...

 and transferred to the House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the member for Parramatta

Division of Parramatta

The Division of Parramatta is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the locality of Parramatta. The name Parramatta has been sourced to an Aboriginal...

 in 1921. In 1922 he became the member for the neighbouring seat of Martin

Division of Martin

The Division of Martin was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, and initially included the suburbs of Concord and Mortlake, although by the time it was abolished in 1955, it had moved to cover Abbotsford, Balmain...

 which he retained until his death of a cerebral haemorrhage while addressing a meeting at Turramurra

Turramurra, New South Wales

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, in 1928. He was the Minister for Trade and Customs

Minister for Trade (Australia)

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 from 1924 to 1928 and Minister for Health in 1924 and 1925.

His nephew Frederick Pratten

Frederick Pratten

Frederick Graham Pratten was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he attended North Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, and served in World War I 1917-18. He then became the managing director of the family companies...

 succeeded to the seat at a by-election.

Pratten Park, the original home ground of Western Suburbs DRLFC

Western Suburbs Magpies

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 in Ashfield

Ashfield, New South Wales

Ashfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 9 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Ashfield.The official name for the...

, was so named in his honour.