Ernest G. Irish | |
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MLA for Pictou County | |
In office 1941–1945 | |
Preceded by | Newton G. Munro |
Succeeded by | Alfred B. DeWolfe |
Personal details | |
Born | Afton, Nova Scotia | November 27, 1894
Died | June 27, 1955 Pictou, Nova Scotia | (aged 60)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | hotel owner |
Ernest George Irish (November 27, 1894 – June 27, 1955) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. [1]
Born in 1894 at Afton, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Irish was a hotel owner and manager. [2] He married Margaret Mare Wilkes in 1920. [2] Irish entered provincial politics in 1941, when he was elected in the dual-member Pictou County riding with Liberal Josiah H. MacQuarrie. [3] In the 1945 election, Irish was defeated by both Liberal candidates, MacQuarrie and Alfred B. DeWolfe. [4] Irish attempted to enter federal politics in the 1949 federal election, but was defeated as the Progressive Conservative candidate by Liberal incumbent Henry Byron McCulloch in the Pictou riding. [5] Irish died at Pictou on June 27, 1955. [2]
Ernest G. Irish | |
---|---|
MLA for Pictou County | |
In office 1941–1945 | |
Preceded by | Newton G. Munro |
Succeeded by | Alfred B. DeWolfe |
Personal details | |
Born | Afton, Nova Scotia | November 27, 1894
Died | June 27, 1955 Pictou, Nova Scotia | (aged 60)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | hotel owner |
Ernest George Irish (November 27, 1894 – June 27, 1955) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. [1]
Born in 1894 at Afton, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Irish was a hotel owner and manager. [2] He married Margaret Mare Wilkes in 1920. [2] Irish entered provincial politics in 1941, when he was elected in the dual-member Pictou County riding with Liberal Josiah H. MacQuarrie. [3] In the 1945 election, Irish was defeated by both Liberal candidates, MacQuarrie and Alfred B. DeWolfe. [4] Irish attempted to enter federal politics in the 1949 federal election, but was defeated as the Progressive Conservative candidate by Liberal incumbent Henry Byron McCulloch in the Pictou riding. [5] Irish died at Pictou on June 27, 1955. [2]