William Gordon Ernst, (October 18, 1897 – July 12, 1939) was a
Canadian
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politician.
Born in
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
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, he first ran for the
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Common ...
in the
1925 federal election in the
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
riding of
Queens—Lunenburg
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This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Lunenbur ...
. A
Conservative
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, he was defeated but he was elected in the
1926 federal election. He was re-elected in
1930
Events
January
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and defeated in
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
. In 1935, he was the
Minister of Fisheries.
He served as a captain in the
85th Canadian Infantry Battalion during
World War I
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and was awarded the
Military Cross
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The MC i ...
and Bar.
References
1897 births
1939 deaths
Canadian Expeditionary Force officers
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
People from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
Canadian recipients of the Military Cross
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