{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ada Pritchard | image = | caption = | office1 = Ontario MPP | term_start1 = 1967 | term_end1 = 1971 | predecessor1 = ''Riding re-established'' | successor1 = Jack McNie | constituency1 = Hamilton West | term_start2 = 1963 | term_end2 = 1967 | predecessor2 = Bill Warrender | successor2 = Norm Davison | constituency2 = Hamilton Centre | party = Progressive Conservative | birth_date = January 19, 1898 | birth_place = Alnwick, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|6|9|1898|1|19}} | death_place = Dundas, Ontario | spouse = Charles Harry Pritchard | children = 1 | occupation = }}
'''Ada Mary Pritchard''' (January 19, 1898 – June 9, 1987) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pritchard, Ada Mary: Obituary |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 11, 1987 |page=D14}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Return Mayor Jackson For 3rd Term; Hamilton Mountain Access Passes |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=December 13, 1951 |page=10}}</ref> In 1956 she was successful in gaining a seat on the executive Board of Control, a more powerful position.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor Jackson Wins In Big Hamilton Vote; Woman Tops Board |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=December 6, 1956 |page=10}}</ref>
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 578 votes.<ref name="1963 Provincial Results">{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 26, 1963 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=25 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QDM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=T1EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134%2C3886120}}</ref> In 1967 provincial election, she ran in a newly redistributed riding of Hamilton West. She defeated Liberal candidate Vincent Agro by nearly 1,400 votes.<ref name="1967 Election Results">{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Tories win, but... |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=October 18, 1967 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=B2 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VVEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673%2C2835192}}</ref>
In 1970, she announced her intention to retire from politics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ada Pritchard plans to quit Legislature |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=July 4, 1970 |page=1}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Ontario MPP biography|id=ada-mary-pritchard|old_id=1730|name=Ada Mary Pritchard}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Ada Mary}} Category:1898 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Hamilton, Ontario, city councillors Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Category:Women MPPs in Ontario Category:Women municipal councillors in Ontario Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario