Gerald Ritcey

{{Short description|Canadian politician.}}

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

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| image = File:GCRitceycirca1968.jpg

| name =Gerald Ritcey

| caption =Gerald Ritcey in the Nova Scotia legislature circa 1968

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|3|19}}

| birth_place =Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

| death_date ={{death date and age|2001|11|24|1914|3|19}}

| 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

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| 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.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/colchester%20north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Colchester|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2014-11-15|archive-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823063817/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/colchester|url-status=dead}}

File:Gerry Ritcey 1968 Campaign ad.jpg

Ritcey was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He was a merchant and businessman and lived in Truro. He married Mary MacPhee in 1940.{{Cite web |url=http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=+%2Btheresa%22&type=Keyword&Start=3450 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053702/http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=+%2Btheresa%22&type=Keyword&Start=3450 |archive-date=2018-04-07 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/186|accessdate=2018-05-15|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/186 186]}} Ritcey served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Trade and Industry. Ritcey died in Truro on November 24, 2001.{{cite news|title=Gerald C. Ritcey|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=November 27, 2001}}{{cite news|title=Former cabinet minister dies|work=The Daily News|location=Halifax|date=November 27, 2001}} 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.