Ernest G. Irish
Canadian politician
About Ernest G. Irish
Lived 1894 – 1955 (aged 60). Ernest G. Irish was a Canadian.
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.
Born in 1894 at Afton, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Irish was a hotel owner and manager. He married Margaret Mare Wilkes in 1920. In the 1945 election, Irish was defeated by both Liberal candidates, MacQuarrie and Alfred B. DeWolfe. 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. Irish died at Pictou on June 27, 1955.
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Who was Ernest G. Irish?
Canadian politician
When was Ernest G. Irish born?
Ernest G. Irish was born on 27 November 1894 in Afton.
When did Ernest G. Irish die?
Ernest G. Irish died on 27 June 1955 in Pictou.
What nationality was Ernest G. Irish?
Ernest G. Irish was Canadian.
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