Herbert Sulkers (September 25, 1889
Sulkers was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and received his early education in that city. He came to Canada in 1907, and continued his education in Winnipeg. Sulkers worked as a florist, and was president of the Manitoba Vegetable Growers Association. From 1924 to 1936, he served as a school trustee. In 1912, he married Gertrude Bergman.
In the 1935 federal election, Sulkers ran as a candidate of the federal Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Springfield. He finished a close second against Liberal candidate John Mouat Turner.
Sulkers was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election, in which the CCF ran a joint campaign with the provincial Independent Labour Party (ILP). He defeated Liberal-Progressive cabinet minister Robert Hoey