Wallace Warren Cross

Wallace Warren Cross

Dr. Wallace Warren Cross was a medical doctor and long serving politician from Alberta, Canada.

Wallace 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 retireing from provincial politics in 1959.

Wallace 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.

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

External links

* [http://www.cancerboard.ab.ca%2Fvolunteers%2Fcross%2Fword_docs%2Fapplication_pkg_02-08-27.doc Cross Cancer Institute History]


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