Wallace Warren Cross, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Barrie, Ontario, Canada
About Wallace Warren Cross
- Wallace Warren Cross (September 23, 1887 – August 4, 1973) was a medical doctor and long serving politician from Alberta, Canada. 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.The Cross Cancer Institute, which opened in 1968, is named in his honor.
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