Mary Hodder

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1945–2025)}} {{For|the American educator|Mamie Gwinn Hodder}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Mary Hodder | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|4|5}} | birth_place = Marystown, Dominion of Newfoundland | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|26|1945|4|5}} | office1 = MHA for Burin-Placentia West | term_start1 = 1996 | term_end1 = 2003 | predecessor1 = Glenn Tobin | successor1 = Clyde Jackman | party = Liberal | occupation = }}

'''Mary J. Hodder''' (April 5, 1945 – January 26, 2025) was a Canadian politician. She represented the riding of Burin-Placentia West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2003 as a member of the Liberal Party.<ref name=votes>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/riding/007/ Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2003: Burin-Placentia West]. cbc.ca.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BO-IAAAAMAAJ&q=%22+HODDER,+MARY+J.+%28Burin-Placentia+West%29+B.+Apr.+5,*%22 Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1994]</ref>

The daughter of Joseph Pittman and Elizabeth Drake, she worked for the Avalon Telephone Company from 1964 to 1967. In 1966, she married Samuel H. Hodder.<ref name=parlgd>{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=1997 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn |isbn=1-896413-43-9}}</ref> She served as deputy mayor for Marystown.<ref name=votes/>

She was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1996 and re-elected in 1999. Hodder did not run for re-election in 2003.<ref name=votes/>

Hodder died on January 26, 2025, at the age of 79.<ref>[https://vocm.com/2025/01/27/261111/ Former MHA Mary Hodder Passes Away]</ref>

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