John D. Wallace

Wallace was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised and educated in New Brunswick. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration (1971) and Bachelor of Laws (1973) degrees from the University of New Brunswick. Wallace practiced law in Saint John, New Brunswick where he was a partner in the law firms of Palmer, O’Connell, Leger, Turnbull and Turnbull and Stewart McKelvey before leaving private practice to serve as Corporate Counsel for Irving Oil Limited for 17 years. ==Senate==

On 22 December 2008, it was announced that he would be appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate. He assumed office on 2 January 2009. In 2014, The Hill Times reported that Wallace was part of a bipartisan group of Liberal and Conservative Senators that secretly met to discuss how to reform the Senate from within. ==References==