Career
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.
At 28, Calvert Pratt became a director and secretary-treasurer of Agricultural Engineer Hickman Company Limited.
During World 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 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 Street-Laurent to Canada"s Senate in 1951. He died in office.
