Gerald Conrad Ritcey (March 19, 1914 – November 24, 2001) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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in the

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from 1968 to 1974. He was a member of the

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Ritcey was born in

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. He was a merchant and businessman and lived in Truro. He married Mary MacPhee in 1940. Ritcey served in the

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as Minister of Trade and Industry. Ritcey died in Truro on November 24, 2001. His grandson,

Dave Ritcey David Mark Ritcey (born October 10, 1971)Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was created in 1978 and was named Truro-Bible Hill until it wa ...

, a district that was previously part of Colchester.

References

1914 births 2001 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia People from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia People from Truro, Nova Scotia {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub