- Ernie Fage
Infobox_Politician
name = Ernest Fage
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birth_date =August 15 ,1953
birth_place = Hastings,Nova Scotia
residence =
office = MLA forCumberland North
term_start = 1997
term_end =
predecessor =Ross Bragg
successor = incumbent
party = Independent
religion =
occupation = farmerErnest Fage (August 15, 1953-) is a Canadian politician. He currently represents the electoral district of
Cumberland North in theNova Scotia House of Assembly .First elected as a Progressive Conservative in a 1997
by-election , [McCoag, Tom, "Fage posts big win," "Halifax-Chronicle Herald", November 5, 1997] 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 onNovember 24 ,2006 [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/01/08/macdonald-fage.html "Premier MacDonald distances himself from Fage"] ,cbc.ca ,January 8 ,2007 .] . 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. [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070220/fage_charge_070220/20070220?hub=Politics "Former NS cabinet minister Ernie Fage charged"] ,CTV News ,February 20 ,2007 .]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 [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071218.wfage1218/BNStory/National/home "Former N.S. cabinet minister guilty of leaving scene"] , "The Globe and Mail ",December 18 ,2007 ] . Fage will continue to sit as an independent MLA.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. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/02/16/ns-fage-resign20060216.html "Fage resigns over potato loan"] ,
cbc.ca ,February 16 ,2006 .]References
External links
* [http://www.pccaucus.ns.ca/content/view/26/36/ Ernie Fage]
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