Wallace Warren Cross

Wallace Warren Cross (September 23, 1887 – August 4, 1973) was a medical doctor and long serving politician from Alberta, Canada.

Wallace Warren Cross
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
1935–1959
Preceded byGordon Forster
Succeeded byClinton Keith French
ConstituencyHand Hills
Personal details
Born(1887-09-23)September 23, 1887
Barrie, Ontario
DiedAugust 4, 1973(1973-08-04) (aged 85)
Edmonton, Alberta
Political partySocial Credit

Cross was elected in the 1935 Alberta general election for the Alberta Social Credit Party for the Hand Hills district. He served 6 terms in office retiring from provincial politics in 1959.

Cross became minister of health under Premier William Aberhart. During his time as minister, he opened a series of cancer clinics across the province, and actively focused the Department of Healths resources on cancer treatment. He died in Edmonton in 1973.[1]

The Cross Cancer Institute, which opened in 1968, is named in his honor.

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