Wallace Samuel Bird Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Wallace Samuel Bird
Office:Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
Order:23rd
Governor General:Roland Michener
Premier:Louis Robichaud
Richard Hatfield
Predecessor:John B. McNair
Successor:HĂ©dard Robichaud
Term Start:January 31, 1968
Term End:October 2, 1971
Birth Date:7 December 1917
Birth Place:Marysville, New Brunswick, Canada

Wallace Samuel Bird (December 7, 1917  - October 2, 1971) was a Canadian businessman and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick since Canadian Confederation.

Born in Marysville, New Brunswick, the son of Charles Bird, he started working with his father in the construction industry after finishing high school. During World War II, he worked with the Saint John Drydock and Shipbuilding Company converting ships to be used in the war. After the war, he started working for Mussens Limited, a Canadian construction equipment firm where he would become Executive Vice-president. In 1968, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and served until his death in 1971.

In 1941, he married Phyllis Mildred Bailey. They had four children: Richard, David, Nancy, and Michael.

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