Ward Chipman Pitfield Jr. (6 September 1925 – 14 May 2021) was a Canadian

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racehorse owner. He was the son of Canadian financier Ward C. Pitfield, a co-founder of the stock brokerage firm, Pitfield, MacKay, Ross. Ward C. Pitfield served as chairman of the family brokerage firm. Following the 1984 merger of his Pitfield, MacKay, Ross with Dominion Securities, Ward Pitfield served as the new firm's chairman until his retirement. Latterly a resident of

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, Pitfield served on the board of trustees of the

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Heritage Fund and was a trustee of the Ontario Jockey Club. Pitfield died in Toronto in May 2021 at the age of 95.Ward Pitfield obituary
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Ward C. Pitfield at the NTRA
1925 births 2021 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Canadian racehorse owners and breeders Businesspeople from Montreal Businesspeople from Toronto Stock and commodity market managers Canadian money managers {{Canada-horseracing-bio-stub