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Ernest G. Irish

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Ernest G. Irish
MLA for Pictou County
In office
1941–1945
Preceded byNewton G. Munro
Succeeded byAlfred B. DeWolfe
Personal details
Born(1894-11-27)November 27, 1894
Afton, Nova Scotia
DiedJune 27, 1955(1955-06-27) (aged 60)
Pictou, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Occupationhotel 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral History for Pictou" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 101. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 66. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  4. ^ "Election Returns 1945" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  5. ^ "Pictou, Nova Scotia (1867–1968)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2015-05-09.