About Wallace Warren Cross
Lived 1887 – 1973 (aged 85). Wallace Warren Cross was a Canadian politician.
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 six terms in office, retiring from provincial politics in 1959.
Cross became minister of health under Premier William Aberhart and strongly enhanced the powers of the Alberta Eugenics Board by removing the requirement to obtain consent from individuals to be sterilized.
During his time as minister, Cross also opened a series of cancer clinics across Alberta, and actively focused the Department of Health's resources on cancer treatment. He died in Edmonton in 1973.
The Cross Cancer Institute, which opened in 1968, is named in his honour.
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Who was Wallace Warren Cross?
Canadian politician (1887-1973)
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Wallace Warren Cross was born on 23 September 1887 in Barrie.
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Wallace Warren Cross died on 4 August 1973 in Edmonton.
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Wallace Warren Cross was a politician.
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Wallace Warren Cross was Canadian.
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