Overzicht
Bernard Huinink was jarenlang wethouder van de PvdA in Aalten. Zijn bijnaam luidde daarom ‘Rooien Huunink’. Legendarisch waren de roerige raadsvergaderingen met Willem te Gussinklo (alias ‘Piepkes Willem’) van de AR.
Bernard Huinink werd op 11 februari 1886 geboren in Aalten (Hogestraat 64), zoon van Herman Huinink en Janna Geertruid Obrink. Op 8 februari 1912 trouwde hij in Aalten met Grada Wilhelmina Schepers. Zij gingen wonen in de Ormelstraat.
Huinink passed away on 5 June 1970 and was buried at Berkenhove Cemetery.
Royal Distinction
In 1919, at the age of 33, Bernard Huinink took his seat on the Aalten municipal council. He would hold that seat for nearly 45 years, initially for the SDAP and later for the PvdA. In September 1959, he celebrated his 40th anniversary as a council member and received a Royal distinction. In 1964, Huinink, the ‘father of the council’ (nestor), stood down ‘on account of his advanced age’ (77). He was succeeded by his 37-year-old son, Jan Huinink, of Admiraal de Ruyterstraat 21, who was the manager of the local PTT office (postal and telecommunications).
