Tom Wallace

Tom Wallace
Member for Gippsland South
In office
1982–1992
Preceded byNeil McInnes
Succeeded byPeter Ryan
Personal details
Born
Thomas William Wallace

(1936-03-01) 1 March 1936 (age 88)
Sale, Victoria, Australia
Political partyNational Party of Australia – Victoria
OccupationPolitician

Thomas William Wallace (born 1 March 1936) is a former Australian politician.

He was born in Sale to Harold Roy Wallace, a farmer, and Phyllis Violet. He attended Kilmany State School and Sale Technical School before becoming a grazier. He was active in the local community and in the National Party, and he was elected to Rosedale Shire Council in 1975, serving until 1982 (president 1980–81). In 1982, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Gippsland South. While in parliament, he was the party spokesman on housing, employment and training. In 1992, he left his seat to challenge Labor MLA Keith Hamilton in Morwell, but he was defeated. From 1994 to 1997, he was commissioner of the Shire of Baw Baw.[1]

  1. ^ Parliament of Victoria (2002). "Wallace, Thomas William". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 7 July 2014.