Gerald Ritcey Explained

Gerald Ritcey
Birth Date:19 March 1914
Birth Place:Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Truro, Nova Scotia
Office1:MLA for Colchester
Term Start1:February 13, 1968
Term End1:1974
Predecessor1:Robert Stanfield
Successor1:Melinda MacLean
Floyd Tucker
Residence:Truro, Nova Scotia
Party:Progressive Conservative
Occupation:Merchant, businessman

Gerald Conrad Ritcey (March 19, 1914 – November 24, 2001) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Colchester in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1968 to 1974. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]

Ritcey was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He was a merchant and businessman and lived in Truro. He married Mary MacPhee in 1940.[2] [3] Ritcey served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Trade and Industry.[3] Ritcey died in Truro on November 24, 2001.[4] [5] His grandson, Dave Ritcey, was elected as an MLA on March 10, 2020 to Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River, a district that was previously part of Colchester.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Colchester. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2014-11-15. 2017-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20170823063817/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/colchester. dead.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053702/http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=+%2Btheresa%22&type=Keyword&Start=3450 . 2018-04-07 . dead .
  3. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-05-15. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 186.
  4. News: Gerald C. Ritcey. The Chronicle Herald. November 27, 2001.
  5. News: Former cabinet minister dies. The Daily News. Halifax. November 27, 2001.