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 | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
In office 1935–1959 | |
Preceded by | Gordon Forster |
Succeeded by | Clinton Keith French |
Constituency | Hand Hills |
Personal details | |
Born | Barrie, Ontario | September 23, 1887
Died | August 4, 1973 85) Edmonton, Alberta | (aged
Political party | Social 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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