Clarence Wallace
{{Short description|Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1893–1982)}}
{{For|the United States Marine Corps general|Clarence R. Wallace}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = ClarenceWallace.jpg
| caption = 1955 portrait
| imagesize = 200px
| honorific-prefix =The Honourable
| name = Clarence Wallace
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100%|CBE|KStJg|OD}}
| nationality = Canadian
| order = 18th
| office = Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
| term_start = October 1, 1950
| term_end = October 3, 1955
| predecessor = Charles Arthur Banks
| successor = Frank Mackenzie Ross
| monarch = George VI
Elizabeth II
| governor_general = The Viscount Alexander of Tunis
Vincent Massey
| premier = Boss Johnson
W. A. C. Bennett
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|06|22}}
| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|11|12|1893|06|22}}
| death_place = Palm Desert, California, United States
| spouse =
| profession = Shipbuilder
| religion =
}}
Clarence Wallace {{post-nominals|CBE|KStJg|OD}} (June 22, 1893 – November 12, 1982) was a Canadian shipbuilder and the 18th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he fought in World War I and was wounded at Ypres. After the war, he became the president of his father's business, Burrard Dry Dock. During World War II, he built ships for the war and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1946. From 1950 to 1955, he was the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. He was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
He died at his winter residence in Palm Desert, California in 1982.
References
- {{cite web|url=http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/ltgov/former/ltgov/ClarenceWallace.htm|title=Clarence Wallace|work=Office of the Lieutenant Governor|access-date=2009-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614171601/http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/ltgov/former/ltgov/ClarenceWallace.htm|archive-date=2011-06-14|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Canadian shipbuilders
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Knights of Grace of the Order of St John
Category:Lieutenant governors of British Columbia
Category:Canadian military personnel of World War I
Category:People from Vancouver
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