Cora Etter
Cora Etter | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Hants East | |
| In office 1984–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Hawkins |
| Succeeded by | Jack Hawkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cora Helena Brown October 10, 1924 Bishopville, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | August 19, 2020 (aged 95) Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | pharmacy, management, business and property development |
Cora Helena Etter (née Brown; October 10, 1924 – August 19, 2020) was a Canadian politician in Nova Scotia.[1] She served in the 54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia as a Progressive Conservative member for Hants East. In the 1988 election, she was defeated by Liberal Jack Hawkins.[2]
Biography
[edit]Cora Etter was born on October 10, 1924[1] in Bishopville, Nova Scotia, to parents James and Cora Brown. She attended the Provincial Teachers College in Truro, followed by the Maritime College of Pharmacy.[3] Etter and her husband operated pharmacies in Shubenacadie, Elmsdale, and Stewiacke, and were involved in a variety of other business ventures.[3] She was among the charter members of the East Hants Historical Society, established in 1967.[4] Etter is an inductee of the Atlantic Business Women's Hall of Fame,[3] and received a Canadian Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.[5]
Prior to entering provincial politics, she represented Shubenacadie on the East Hants municipal council for over 20 years,[3] starting in 1960. She was thus nicknamed the "mayor of Shubenacadie".[5] She was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Hants East in 1984.[3] At the time, Etter was one of only three women in the Nova Scotia Legislature.[5] In the 1988 election, Etter lost her seat to Jack Hawkins.[5]
Etter died on August 19, 2020 at the age of 95.[3]
Electoral record
[edit]| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Jack Hawkins | 4,502 | 47.09 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cora Etter | 3,977 | 41.60 | |||||
| New Democratic | Richard Preeper | 1,082 | 11.32 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,561 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 44 | |||||||
| Turnout | 9,605 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,047 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6] | ||||||||
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cora Etter | 3,730 | 48.57 | |||||
| Liberal | Jack Hawkins | 3,192 | 41.57 | |||||
| New Democratic | Herbert H. Radley | 757 | 9.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,679 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,705 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,604 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". Gale Canada. August 29, 1987 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cora Helena Etter 1924–2020". Shubenacadie, N.S.: Ettinger Funeral Home. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ [EHHS] (2025). "About East Hants Historical Society". Elmsdale, N.S.: East Hants Historical Society. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Urbaniak, Tom (November 6, 2019). "A tribute to former Tory MLA and municipal politician Cora Etter on her 95th birthday". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, N.S.: SaltWire Network. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
- ^ "Election Returns" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. p. 94. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ "Election Returns" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. p. 90. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
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