Euan Wallace

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Captain (David) Euan Wallace PC (1892 – 1941) was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Wartime Minister of Transport.

Wallace acted as a special Commissioner for the North-East coast and acted as Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Canada in 1920.

He was first elected to Parliament for Rugby 1922-1923, then represented Hornsey from 1924 until his death in 1941. He served as Assistant Government Whip 1928-29; Junior Lord of the Treasury 1929, 1931; Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1931-34; Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1935-35; Secretary for Overseas Trade 1935-37; Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1937-38; Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1938-39. He was appointed as Minister of Transport in 1939.

Wallace became a Privy Counsellor in 1936.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Lawrence Baird	Member of Parliament for Rugby 1922–1923	Succeeded by Ernest Brown
Preceded by William Ward, Viscount Ednam	Member of Parliament for Hornsey 1924–1941	Succeeded by Sir David Gammans
Political offices
Preceded by John Colville	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1938–1939	Succeeded by Harry Crookshank
Preceded by Leslie Burgin	Minister of Transport 1939–1940	Succeeded by Sir John Reith