Calvert Pratt, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Calvert Pratt

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1888

Date of Death: 13-Nov-1963

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Calvert Coates Pratt OBE (October 6, 1888 – November 13, 1963) was a Newfoundland businessman and a Canadian Senator.
He was president of Purity Factories, a Newfoundland food manufacturer.
He was also a director of Newfoundland Light and Power, the Canadian Bank of Commerce, British Newfoundland Development Corporation (BRINCO), and a number of other businesses.He was born in Blackhead, Newfoundland.
His brother was poet E.
J.
Pratt.At 28, Calvert Pratt became a director and secretary-treasurer of A.E.
Hickman Company Limited.During World War II, he helped institute a ship building program for the Dominion of Newfoundland and helped form the Newfoundland Industrial Development Board serving as its president.
In 1946, he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire.Pratt was a supporter of Joey Smallwood's Newfoundland Confederate Association and its successful campaign to have the former colony join Canadian confederation in 1949.He was appointed by Louis St-Laurent to Canada's Senate in 1951.
He died in office.