| Ernest G. Irish | |
| Birth Date: | 27 November 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Afton, Nova Scotia |
| Death Place: | Pictou, Nova Scotia |
| Office: | MLA for Pictou County |
| Term Start: | 1941 |
| Term End: | 1945 |
| Predecessor: | Newton G. Munro |
| Successor: | Alfred B. DeWolfe |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation: | hotel owner |
Ernest George Irish (November 27, 1894 – June 27, 1955) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Born in 1894 at Afton, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Irish was a hotel owner and manager.[2] He married Margaret Mare Wilkes in 1920.[2] Irish entered provincial politics in 1941, when he was elected in the dual-member Pictou County riding with Liberal Josiah H. MacQuarrie.[3] In the 1945 election, Irish was defeated by both Liberal candidates, MacQuarrie and Alfred B. DeWolfe.[4] Irish attempted to enter federal politics in the 1949 federal election, but was defeated as the Progressive Conservative candidate by Liberal incumbent Henry Byron McCulloch in the Pictou riding.[5] Irish died at Pictou on June 27, 1955.[2]