Ronald Wallace (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Ronald Wallace (politician)
- Ronald Wallace, (August 5, 1916 – May 20, 2008) was a Canadian politician and optometrist.
- Wallace is the longest-serving mayor of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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 Order of Canada 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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