| Birth Name: | Wallace E. Holland |
| Birth Date: | 1926 |
| Death Date: | 1998 (age 71) |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Office: | Mayor of Pontiac, Michigan |
| Predecessor: | Robert F. Jackson |
| Successor: | Walter L. Moore |
| Predecessor2: | Walter L. Moore |
| Successor2: | Charlie Harrison Jr. |
| Term Start: | 1974 |
| Term End: | 1986 |
| Term Start2: | 1990 |
| Term End2: | 1994 |
| Office4: | City Council of Pontiac, Michigan |
| Term Start4: | 1970 |
| Term End4: | 1974 |
Wallace E. Holland (1926–1998) was an American politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Pontiac, Michigan, the county seat of Oakland County
Holland was born in 1926.[1] He was elected to the City Council of Pontiac, Michigan and then was named by the council as mayor in 1974.[2] [1] [3] He was continuously appointed as mayor by the City Council through 1982.[1] [4] After the city changed its government to a strong mayor form of government, he won the general election in 1981 beginning his term in 1982.[1] In the 1985 general election, he was defeated by Walter L. Moore before returning the favor and defeating Moore in the 1989 general election.[5]