Dave Quall | |
State House: | Washington |
District: | 40th |
Term Start: | January 11, 1993 |
Term End: | January 10, 2011 |
Predecessor: | Harriet Spanel |
Successor: | Kristine Lytton |
Birth Name: | David Spencer Quall |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1936 |
Birth Place: | Bellingham, Washington, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Seattle Pacific University (MEd) |
David Spencer Quall (January 26, 1936 – November 12, 2020) was an American educator and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 40th district from 1993 to 2011.
Quall attended Seattle Pacific University and earned a master's degree in Education Guidance and Counseling in 1974. He worked for thirty-eight years in education.
As a representative, he served as Chair of the Education Committee, and he has been a member of the Economic Development, Agriculture and Trade Committee.
His legislative priorities were to "help public schools meet the new high standards of Education Reform," "Increasing family-wage jobs and a healthy economic climate," and to make "home-ownership affordable for young families starting out".[1]
In 2006 he faced Republican challenger Yoshe Revelle for Representative District No. 40, Position No. 1 and easily defeated him with the help of campaign manager Miriam Witt.
He died on November 12, 2020, at age 84.[2]