Ronald Wallace (politician)
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Ronald Wallace, (August 5, 1916 – May 20, 2008) was a
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politician and optometrist. Wallace is the longest-serving
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of the city of
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. Wallace was one of fifteen children born to Thomas John Wallace and Ada Evangeline Wallace, formerly MacNeil. He graduated from Saint Mary's University in 1939. He was the intercollegiate boxing champion, and a champion rower. His brother Dan was also a Maritime heavyweight boxing champion and a champion rower, and as a Rhodes scholar and rowed for Oxford University. Wallace served two terms as the Liberal member for Halifax in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1978. He was elected mayor of Halifax in 1980 and served until his retirement in 1991. He served as mayor longer than any other, and was known for his fairness, good humor and visionary approach to improving his beloved city. He was made a member of the
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in 2001. Wallace married Julia Patricia McColough, daughter of Reginald Walker McColough, Director of Public Works for the Parliament of Canada. Together they had six children; Barbara Wallace, Suzanne Wallace, Mary Beth Wallace, Ian Wallace, Mark Wallace and Jennifer Wallace. He died at his home in Halifax on May 20, 2008, at the age of ninety-one after suffering from cancer and pneumonia.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace (Mayor), Ronald 1916 births 2008 deaths Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni 20th-century Canadian businesspeople Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia Members of the Order of Canada Canadian optometrists 20th-century mayors of places in Nova Scotia 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly