# Mary Hodder

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{{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](/source/Marystown%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Dominion of Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland)
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2025|1|26|1945|4|5}}
| office1      = [MHA](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly) for [Burin-Placentia West](/source/Burin-Placentia_West)
| term_start1  = 1996
| term_end1    = 2003
| predecessor1 = [Glenn Tobin](/source/Glenn_Tobin)
| successor1   = [Clyde Jackman](/source/Clyde_Jackman)
| party        = [Liberal](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_Liberal_Party)
| occupation   =  
}}

'''Mary J. Hodder''' (April 5, 1945 – January 26, 2025) was a Canadian politician. She represented the [riding](/source/electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Burin-Placentia West](/source/Burin-Placentia_West) in the [Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly) from 1996 to 2003 as a member of the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador).<ref name=votes>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/riding/007/ Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2003: Burin-Placentia West]. [cbc.ca](/source/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](/source/NewTel_Communications) 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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==External links==
* {{IMDb name| 10003753}}

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Category:Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
Category:Women MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians

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