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Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, United States
About Ernest M. Ettinger
- Ernest Milton Ettinger was a Canadian politician.
- He represented the electoral district of Hants East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953, and 1956 to 1962.
- He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.Born in 1888 at Portland, Maine, Ettinger was a funeral director.
- In 1928, he started his own business, Ettinger Funeral Home in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.
- He married Margaret MacKenzie.Ettinger entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, winning the Hants East riding by 28 votes over Liberal incumbent Robert A.
- MacLellan.
- In the 1953 election, after leading on election night, a recount resulted in Ettinger losing by one vote to Liberal Alfred E.
- Reid.
- Ettinger appealed to the Supreme Court citing irregularities, and the election was voided in February 1954.
- A byelection was held on November 16, 1954, resulting in a tie between Ettinger and Reid which was broken when the returning officer cast the deciding vote for Reid, declaring him elected by one vote.
- Ettinger regained the seat in the 1956 election, defeating the Liberal candidate by 50 votes.
- He was re-elected in 1960 by 219 votes.
- Ettinger died in office on May 29, 1962.
- He was succeeded as MLA by his son, Albert J.
- Ettinger.
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