Herb Pinder

Herbert Charles Pinder Sr., (April 26, 1923 — October 30, 2014) was a Canadian business owner, developer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He served as Minister of Industry and Information in the Saskatchewan cabinet from May 1964 to December 1964.

He was born in Saskatoon, the son of Robert Mitford Pinder and Mary Helen Charlotte Rose, and was educated in Saskatoon, at the University of Saskatchewan and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. In 1947, he married Shirley Jean Hughes. Pinder was president of the Saskatoon Trading Company He was named to the Order of Canada in 1997.

Pinder ran unsuccessfully for election in Saskatoon City in the 1960 provincial election.

His son Herbert Jr. later took over the operation of the family business. Pinder's Drugs was sold to Shoppers Drug Mart in 1992. Another son, Gerry Pinder, played professional ice hockey in the NHL and the WHA.