Ernest Milton Ettinger was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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Hants East Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 has been Margaret Miller of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. The ...

in the

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from 1949 to 1953, and 1956 to 1962. He was a member of the

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. Born in 1888 at

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropol ...

, Ettinger was a funeral director. In 1928, he started his own business, Ettinger Funeral Home in

Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia Shubenacadie () is a village located in Hants County, in central Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2021, the population was 411. The name for the Mi'kmaw territory in which present-day Shubenacadie is located and the origin of its name is the Mi'kmaw wor ...

. 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

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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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ettinger, Ernest M 1888 births 1962 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Politicians from Portland, Maine People from Hants County, Nova Scotia American emigrants to Canada