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Captain (David) Euan Wallace PC (1892 – 1941) was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Wartime Minister of Transport.
Wallace acted as a special Commissioner for the North-East coast and acted as Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Canada in 1920.
He was first elected to Parliament for Rugby 1922-1923, then represented Hornsey from 1924 until his death in 1941. He served as Assistant Government Whip 1928-29; Junior Lord of the Treasury 1929, 1931; Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1931-34; Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1935-35; Secretary for Overseas Trade 1935-37; Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1937-38; Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1938-39. He was appointed as Minister of Transport in 1939.
Wallace became a Privy Counsellor in 1936.
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