Ronald Wallace (mayor)

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Ronald Wallace (C.M.) (c. 1916 - May 20, 2008) was a optometrist and the longest-serving mayor of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He graduated from St. Mary's University in 1939.

Wallace served two terms as a 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 was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2001.

Ron Wallace died in 2008 at the age of ninety-one.


Preceded by
Ronald Hanson		 Mayor of the City of Halifax
1980-1991		 Succeeded by
Moira Leiper Ducharme


Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Preceded by
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1970-1978		 Succeeded by
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