Ada Mary Pritchard (January 19, 1898 – June 9, 1987) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the

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from 1963 to 1971 who represented the ridings of Hamilton Centre and Hamilton West.

Background

Pritchard was born in England, to James Dickenson Newton and Agnes Mary McInnes. She married Charles Harry Pritchard and they had one daughter, Kathleen. They emigrated to Canada in 1926 and settled in Hamilton, Ontario. She died in 1987.

Politics

Pritchard ran for city council in Hamilton in 1950 but failed to win a seat. She tried again the following year, this time being successful. In 1956 she was successful in gaining a seat on the executive Board of Control, a more powerful position. In the 1963 provincial election she ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Hamilton Centre. She defeated NDP candidate Bill Scandlan by 672 votes. In 1967 provincial election, she ran in a newly redistributed riding of Hamilton West. She defeated Liberal candidate Vincent Agro by 1,110 votes. In 1970, she announced her intention to retire from politics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Ada Mary 1898 births 1993 deaths Hamilton, Ontario city councillors Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Women MPPs in Ontario Women municipal councillors in Canada 20th-century Canadian women politicians