Wallace House (politician)

H. Wallace House (1929 – February 3, 1985) was an educator and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Humber Valley in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1975 to 1985.

He was born in Bellburns and was educated there, at Memorial University and at Boston University. His career in education in Newfoundland lasted twenty years; he was a teacher and principal and served as superintendent of education for the Deer Lake Integrated School Board. He also was president for various local branches of the Newfoundland Teachers' Association and president of the Regional Administrators Association.

House was elected to the Deer Lake town council in 1969, and served as mayor from 1969 to 1975. He was a founding member of the Deer Lake Public Health Corporation and served as its secretary and treasurer. House was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1975; he was reelected in 1979 and 1982. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Education, as Minister of Labour and Manpower and as Minister of Health.

House died in office in 1985.

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