John Wallace (Australian politician)

John Alston Wallace (1828 17 October 1901) was an Australian politician

Born in Rutherglen near Glasgow to draper James Wallace, he became a draper and miner in Renfrewshire, but when his first wife died in 1852 he emigrated to Melbourne, where he briefly returned to mining before becoming a storekeeper in Bendigo. He had several stores, hotels and businesses in the area and was an investor in a number of companies. In 1865 he married Theresa Monahan, with whom he had eight children; he would later remarry Ada Reid. In 1873 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Province, switching to North-Eastern Province in 1882 and serving until his death at Elsternwick in 1901.[1]

References

  1. "Wallace, John Alston". Parliament of Victoria. 1985. Retrieved 17 October 2011.


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