George Scott Wallace (born 1929) was a British Columbia physician and politician. Born in Scotland he attended the Edinburgh University Medical School from 1947 to 1952. Wallace came to Canada in 1957 and opened a general practice in Victoria in 1961. He served as an alderman from 1967 to 1969 on the Oak Bay Municipal Council and was elected in the 1969 general election as a Social Credit Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Oak Bay. The British Columbia general election of 1969 was the 29th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing Political party of British Columbia, Canada The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor Oak Bay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. [1]
Wallace crossed the floor to join the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party in 1971[2] and was reelected as a Tory in the 1972 general election. In Politics, crossing the floor is to vote against party lines especially where this is considered unusual or controversial The British Columbia Conservative Party is a conservative Political party in British Columbia, Canada. The 30th general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia He was elected leader of the party in 1973, after the previous party leader lost his seat,[2] and led it through the 1975 general election in which he was the only Tory MLA to win a seat. The British Columbia general election of 1975 was the 31st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. He stepped down as party leader in July, 1977[3] and retired from the legislature on December 31, 1977 in order to return to his medical practice. [1]
In 1993, he announced that he was willing to help terminally ill Sue Rodriguez end her life if the courts rejected her attempt to challenge the law banning assisted suicide. Sue Rodriguez ( August 2, 1950 – February 12, 1994) was an advocate of Assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is the process by which an individual who may otherwise be incapable is provided with the means (drugs or equipment to commit Suicide. [2] He subsequently served as medical advisor to the Right to Die Society. [4] Rodriguez died in February 1994 with the assistance of an anonymous physician. [5]
References
- ^ a b Clarke, John, "Wallace quitting politics," Globe and Mail, 24 December 1977
- ^ a b c Wilson, Deborah, "Former MLA backs Rodriguez Would consider helping woman, says retired doctor," Globe and Mail, 18 February 1993
- ^ Legislative Library of British Columbia, Party Leaders in British Columbia 1900-, 2000, updated 2005
- ^ Osterman, Cynthia, "Right-to-die case sparks Canadian soul-searching," Reuters, 15 December 1993
- ^ Osterman, Cynthia, "Police hunt mystery doctor in assisted suicide," Reuters, 16 February 1994
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