Ernie Fage
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Ernest Fage is a Canadian
politician, who represented the electoral district of Cumberland North
in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
from 1997 to 2009.
First elected as a Progressive Conservative in a 1997 by-election
, Fage served various cabinets as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Human Resources, Minister of responsible for the Public Service Commission and Minister of Emergency Management.
Fage was forced to take a leave of absence from the party caucus in January 2007 after allegations that he had engaged in criminal behaviour following a car accident on November 24, 2006. Fage was subsequently charged criminally with leaving the scene of an accident. Witnesses reported that Fage smelled of alcohol at the time of the accident, but he was not charged with an alcohol-related offense due to lack of evidence.
He was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident, and fined $800, on December 18, 2007, and it was subsequently announced he would not be allowed back into caucus. Prior to the verdict Fage said he planned on running in the next election. He continued to sit as an independent MLA until the 2009 election, when he was defeated by Brian Skabar
— notably, however, Fage finished in second place ahead of Keith Hunter, his replacement as the Progressive Conservative candidate.
He had also previously been involved in a controversy around a government loan to a potato farm with which he had a personal business connection.
Canada
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politician, who represented the electoral district of Cumberland North
Cumberland North
Cumberland North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to 1993, it was part of Cumberland East.The communities of Amherst and Pugwash are within its boundaries....
in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...
from 1997 to 2009.
First elected as a Progressive Conservative in a 1997 by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
, Fage served various cabinets as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Human Resources, Minister of responsible for the Public Service Commission and Minister of Emergency Management.
Fage was forced to take a leave of absence from the party caucus in January 2007 after allegations that he had engaged in criminal behaviour following a car accident on November 24, 2006. Fage was subsequently charged criminally with leaving the scene of an accident. Witnesses reported that Fage smelled of alcohol at the time of the accident, but he was not charged with an alcohol-related offense due to lack of evidence.
He was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident, and fined $800, on December 18, 2007, and it was subsequently announced he would not be allowed back into caucus. Prior to the verdict Fage said he planned on running in the next election. He continued to sit as an independent MLA until the 2009 election, when he was defeated by Brian Skabar
Brian Skabar
Brian Skabar is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. Skabar won the riding of Cumberland North, a traditionally Conservative area once held by Sir Charles Tupper.Skabar, as a candidate of the New Democratic Party, obtained 40...
— notably, however, Fage finished in second place ahead of Keith Hunter, his replacement as the Progressive Conservative candidate.
He had also previously been involved in a controversy around a government loan to a potato farm with which he had a personal business connection.