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.