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'''Calvert Coates Pratt''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (October 6, 1888 – November 13, 1963) was a [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] businessman and a [[Senate of Canada|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.<ref name=bio>"Most Able Man From Province: Smallwood", ''Globe and Mail'', November 15, 1963</ref><br />
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He was born in [[Blackhead, Newfoundland and Labrador|Blackhead, Newfoundland]]. His brother was poet [[E. J. Pratt]].<ref name=bio/><br />
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At 28, Calvert Pratt became a director and secretary-treasurer of A.E. Hickman Company Limited.<ref name=bio/><br />
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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]].<ref name=bio/><br />
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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.<ref name=bio/><br />
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He was recommended for appointment by [[Louis St. Laurent|Louis St-Laurent]] to Canada's Senate in 1951. He died in office.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hon. Calvert Coates Pratt, O.B.E., Senator |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=7858 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref><br />
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