John Vallance (March 11, 1883 – May 24, 1963) was a Canadian politician. Vallance was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1906. He

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ed in central

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in 1907, two years after the province was created, settling ten miles south of

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. He was elected to the

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in the 1925 federal election as the

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Member of Parliament for

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and was re-elected in

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and

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. After being defeated in the 1935 federal election in the new riding of

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, he was recruited by the new federal

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, to serve on the

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in 1936 serving as Superintendent of Water Development and moving to

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. Vallance remained with the PFRA until 1943 when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Board of Grain Commissioners from 1943 and, in 1948, became Commissioner of the body and remained in that position until 1955.Archives Photographs Search Results

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* 1883 births 1963 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan British emigrants to Canada {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub