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    Ermanno Mauro

    Ermanno Mauro. Tenor, b Trieste 29 Jan 1939, naturalized Canadian 1963.

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    Ernest Adams

    (Douglas) Ernest Adams. Baritone, administrator, b Winnipeg 17 Dec 1920, d King City, Ont, 23 Jan 2011. Raised in Vancouver, Adams sang there as a boy soprano and later studied voice with Isabelle Burnada.

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    Ernest Adolphe Côté

    ​Ernest Adolphe Côté, MBE, soldier, civil servant and diplomat (born 12 June 1913 in Edmonton, Alberta; died 25 February 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario).

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    Ernest Alvia “Smokey” Smith

    Ernest Alvia “Smokey” Smith, VC, OC, OBC, soldier, businessman (born 3 May 1914 in New Westminster, BC; died 3 August 2005 in Vancouver). Smith was one of 16 Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross (VC) during the Second World War and the only private soldier to earn the award. Before his death in 2005, he was the last living Canadian recipient of the VC.

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    Ernie Coombs (Mr Dressup)

    Coombs has received a number of important awards for his show Mr. Dressup- the Gemini's "Earle Grey" Award for a body of work on TV in 1994, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Children's Broadcast Institute in 1989, and an ACTRA Best Program Award in 1978.

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    Ernest Brown

    Ernest Brown, photographer (b at Newcastle upon Tyne 8 Sept 1877; d at Edmonton 3 Jan 1951). He arrived in Edmonton in 1904 and recorded the quick growth of the city during the boom years 1904-14. His business collapsed in 1914 and in 1920 he was forced to vacate his premises.

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    Ernest Buckler

    He began his writing career by contributing short stories and essays to Esquire and Saturday Night. His major achievement, however, The Mountain and the Valley (1952), is a novel about a gifted, ambitious boy who remains so deeply attached to life in rural NS that his creativity becomes stifled.

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    Ernest Charles Drury

    After WWI the UFO became a political force, but Drury was not a candidate when it challenged the Conservative government in the Ontario general election of 1919. With the support of labour it won enough seats to form a government, and it called on Drury to lead it.

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    Ernest Charles Manning (Obituary)

    As a political leader, Ernest Manning was a quiet colossus. First elected to the Alberta legislature in the Social Credit landslide of 1935, he served as premier for 25 years - from 1943 until 1968 - and won seven straight elections.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 4, 1996

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    Ernest Cormier

      Ernest Cormier, architect and engineer (b at Montréal 5 Dec 1885; d there 1 Jan 1980). The son of a physician, Cormier studied civil engineering at Montréal's École polytechnique.

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    Ernest Dainty

    Ernest (Herbert) Dainty. Pianist, organist, composer, conductor, b Peckham, London, 30 Sep 1891, d Toronto 30 Oct 1947. He moved to Toronto at 10 and studied piano with F. H. Torrington at the Toronto College of Music, touring Canada at 12 as a pianist and treble soloist.

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    Ernest Edward Winch

    Ernest Edward Winch, trade unionist, politician (b at Harlow, Eng 22 Mar 1879; d at Vancouver 11 Jan 1957).

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    Ernest Farmer

    Ernest (Jones) Farmer. Composer, pianist, teacher, b Woodstock, Ont, 18 Mar 1883, d Toronto 25 Sep 1975; ATCM 1903, BA (McMaster) 1903. After studies at the TCM 1897-1905 with Lena Hayes Smith and A.S.

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    Ernest G. Shipman

    Ernest G. Shipman, "Ten Percent Ernie," film producer, promoter (born at either Hull, Qué, or Ottawa 16 Dec 1871; d at New York C 7 Aug 1931).

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    Ernest Gagnier

    Ernest Gagnier. Cellist, oboist, b Montreal 12 May 1898, d there 2 May 1931. After some initial work with his father, Joseph, he studied the cello with Raoul Duquette and Napoléon Dansereau and the oboe with Léon Kaster.

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