Dave Ritcey

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Dave Ritcey

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| birth_name = David Mark Ritcey

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|10}}

| birth_place = Truro, Nova Scotia

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| assembly = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM = Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River

| term_start = March 10, 2020

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| predecessor = Lenore Zann

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| party = Progressive Conservative

| residence = Truro, Nova Scotia

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| spouse = {{marriage|Amber Ball Ritcey|September 20, 2003|}}

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David Mark Ritcey (born October 10, 1971)[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Ritcey, David, page 245] Nova Scotia Legislature is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on March 10, 2020.Michael Gorman, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/government-elections-ndp-tories-pc-liberal-1.5493244 "Opposition parties split Nova Scotia byelections"]. CBC News Nova Scotia, March 10, 2020.Lynn Curwin, [https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/video-dave-ritcey-wins-truro-bible-hill-millbrook-salmon-river-byelection-422199/ "VIDEO: Dave Ritcey wins Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River byelection"]The Chronicle Herald March 10th, 2020. A member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, he represents the electoral district of Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River. He has had many years of hockey coaching experience and is a former interim president of the Maritime Junior Hockey League.Saltwire Network, [https://www.saltwire.com/sports/hockey/dykeman-named-new-president-of-mhl-318151/?location=trurocolchester-county "Dykeman named new president of MHL"] June 3, 2019[https://www.facebook.com/BlizzardEdmundston/photos/a.1940833492828681/2332958186949541/?type=1&theater "Dave Ritcey Named Interim MHL President"] January 12, 2019 His grandfather, Gerald Ritcey,James Faulkner, [https://www.iheartradio.ca/big-dog-100-9/news/dave-ritcey-secures-pc-nomination-for-truro-bible-hill-milbrook-salmon-river-1.9495700 "Dave Ritcey Secures PC Nomination for Truro-Bible Hill-Milbrook-Salmon River"]. CKTO-FM July 22, 2019 had been a MLA for Colchester, parts of which became the current riding, from 1968 to 1974.

On December 12, 2024, Ritcey was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cabinet-politics-tim-houston-1.7408891|title=Nova Scotia's new 21-member cabinet sworn in at Halifax ceremony|publisher=CBC News|date=December 12, 2024|access-date=2024-12-14}}