Hatsu Ando

Hatsu Ando (安藤はつ, 20 January 1912 – 4 December 1985) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.

Biography
Hatsu Sen was born in Nirayama in 1912. She graduated from a teacher training college in Shizuoka Prefecture and taught at a National school (Japan) in Omimura until marrying Hideo Ando. She became a member of the New Japan Cultural Association and served as president of the Shin-Etsu Industrial Company. The couple moved to Nagano Prefecture during World War II.

In 1946 Ando contested the Nagano constituency in the general elections as a candidate of the Peace Party, and was elected to the House of Representatives. After being elected, she joined the National Cooperative Party. She lost her seat in the 1947 elections.

Ando subsequently lived in the suburbs of Tokyo until her death in 1985.