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♂ Gerald Conrad Ritcey
aliasGerald Ritcey
Record
52774 · 4090

United Church   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Birth 19 March 1914 → 110 years + 1 month ago
Lived 87 years + 8 months
First mandate 13 February 1968 → 56 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death 24 November 2001 → 22 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 7 months after 1 April 1974
Special notes
None
 
Gerald Conrad Ritcey (1914–2001)
© Photo 1968 Jerry Ritcey — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ David M. Ritcey (1971–) Grandson  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 6 1 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Ronald C. Giffin  m 
⊖ George I. Smith  m 
 		 ⊕ Melinda J. MacLean  f 
⊕ J. Floyd Tucker  m 
 
Eligible: 19,865 Votes: 14,971 Participation: 75.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
13 February 1968
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14286(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
PC
 1/2 8,067 53.88% +1,163 Loser:
LIB
 6,904 46.12% Hector Hill

Service: 2 years 7 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,764 Votes: 32,810 Participation: 72.07% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8600(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 2/4 8,012 49.12% +111 Loser:
LIB
 7,901 48.44% George Norrie

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,582 Votes: 36,921 Participation: 72.16% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8554(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
PC
 4/7 7,182 39.06% -1,480 Winner:
LIB
 8,662 47.10% J. Floyd Tucker

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Ritcey, Gerald Conrad (p. 186)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gerald Ritcey		 13 Apr 2024

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