Pritchett, Harold

PRITCHETT, Harold, union leader (b 1904, Birmingham, England; d 1982, Vancouver). He came to BC when his family immigrated in 1912. They settled in PORT MOODY and he began working in a shingle mill at age 15. He was a founder of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA Canada; later renamed INDUSTRIAL, WOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS OF CANADA) in 1937, eventually serving as its first non-American president, the first Canadian to lead an international union. He had to resign when his permit to...

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