Clarence Wallace

Clarence Wallace

Clarence Wallace , CBE , KStJ (* 22. June 1893 in Vancouver ; † 12. November 1982 in Palm Desert , California ) was a Canadian shipbuilding - entrepreneurs . From 1950 to 1955 he was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of British Columbia .

biography

The son of Alfred "Andy" Wallace, the founder and owner of the shipyard Wallace Shipyards in North Vancouver (later in Burrard Dry Dock renamed), got in after school to the family-owned company. During the First World War he served as a volunteer on the Western Front and was wounded near Ypres .

After the death of his father, Wallace took over the management of the shipyard as president and expanded the company by taking over several competitors on the Canadian Pacific coast. During the Second World War , the shipyard built several warships for the Royal Canadian Navy and converted existing ships for military service. For his services, Wallace was inducted into the Order of the British Empire as Commander .

Governor General Harold Alexander sworn in Banks as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia on October 2, 1950. He held this representative office until October 3, 1955. In 1952 he entrusted WAC Bennett with the formation of a government, although the British Columbia Social Credit Party did not have a majority. When Bennett lost the vote the following year, he allowed him to call early elections.

In 1971 Wallace sold his company Burrard Dry Dock to a consortium led by Yarrow Shipbuilders . He died at the age of 89 in his California winter residence.

Web links

• Biography on the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andy (Alfred) Wallace. The History of Metropolitan Vancouver, accessed July 23, 2010 .