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Wallace married Julia
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Halifax in 1980 and served until his retirement in 1991. He served as mayor longer than any other, and was known for his fairness, good humor and visionary approach to improving his beloved city. He was made a member of the
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Maritime heavyweight boxing champion and a champion rower, and as a Rhodes scholar and rowed for Oxford University.
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875:J. B. Kenny
255:optometrist
229:optometrist
150:Art Donahoe
133:Preceded by
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971:Categories
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878:Castonguay
845:MacIlreith
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251:Canadian
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