Wallace House (politician)

H. Wallace House (1929 – February 3, 1985) was an educator and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Humber Valley in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1975 to 1985.[1][2]

He was born in Bellburns and was educated there, at Memorial University and at Boston University. His career in education in Newfoundland lasted twenty years; he was a teacher and principal and served as superintendent of education for the Deer Lake Integrated School Board. He also was president for various local branches of the Newfoundland Teachers' Association and president of the Regional Administrators Association.[1]

House was elected to the Deer Lake town council in 1969; he served as mayor from 1969 to 1975. He was a founding member of the Deer Lake Public Health Corporation and served as its secretary and treasurer. House was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1975;[1] he was reelected in 1979 and 1982.[3] He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Education, as Minister of Labour and Manpower and as Minister of Health.[1]

House died in office[4] in 1985.[2]

Electoral Record

Humber Valley - Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive ConservativeWallace House 3,480 63.53% +10.89
LiberalKevin Saunders 1,998 36.47% +0.32
Humber Valley - Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive ConservativeWallace House 2,465 52.64% -0.39
LiberalKevin Saunders 1,723 36.79% –
New DemocraticAllan Harvey French 495 10.57% –
Humber Valley - Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive ConservativeWallace House 2,221 53.03% –
LiberalStanley Earl Parsons 902 21.54% –
Reform LiberalAlex John Wiseman 865 20.65% –
IndependentKenneth R.J. Prowse 200 4.78% –

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "House, H Wallace". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 1089.
  2. 1 2 "People" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review: 39. Spring 1985.
  3. ↑ "Humber Valley". Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. CBC News.
  4. ↑ "Hansard" (PDF). Newfoundland House of Assembly. February 26, 1985.
  5. ↑ General Election Reports. Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved 1 December 2015.


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