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{{Infobox CanadianMP
| name = Walter Van De Walle
| honorific-suffix = MP
| image =
| riding = Pembina
| parliament = Canadian
| term_start = September 29, 1986
| term_end = 1988
| predecessor = Peter Elzinga
| successor = riding abolished
| riding2 = St. Albert
| parliament2 = Canadian
| term_start2 = 1988
| term_end2 = 1993
| predecessor2 = new riding
| successor2 = John G. Williams
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|7|20}}
| birth_place = Villeneuve, Alberta, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|4|21|1922|7|20}}
| death_place = St. Albert, Alberta
| party = Progressive Conservative
| spouse = Fernande Préfontaine
| children = Five
| profession = Businessman, Farmer
| residence = Legal, Alberta
}}

Walter Van De Walle (July 20, 1922 – April 21, 2011) was a Canadian politician from Alberta and former member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Van De Walle was born to Belgian immigrants in the hamlet of Villeneuve on the shores of Big Lake, Alberta. He lived his whole life in the area, and married Fernande Préfontaine in 1950. In 1945, he moved to Legal in order to farm.[1]

Van de Walle's political career began in 1958 when he was elected to the Sturgeon school division board of trustees, on which he served until 1965. In 1959, he was elected to the Sturgeon County council. He was re-elected in 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971 and 1974. He left municipal politics in 1977.[1]

In 1985, Van De Walle was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame for his advocacy of canola products and for starting a provincial program that urged farmers to use herbicides more responsibly.[1][2]

In 1986, Peter Elzinga resigned his position as Member of Parliament for Pembina to run for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Van De Walle was nominated to be his replacement by the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and won a narrow upset victory over New Democrat Ivor Dent, a former Mayor of Edmonton.

Van De Walle was easily re-elected in the 1988 election in the newly formed riding of St. Albert, receiving more than twice the votes of his closest rival. He did not seek re-election in the 1993 election.

Following his retirement from politics, Van De Walle continued to live near Legal and continued to be active in the community. He served as a trustee of the Sturgeon Hospital Foundation and was an active member of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians.[1]

On April 21, 2011, Van De Walle died in St. Albert at the age of 88.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20110426/SAG0801/304269963/former-st-albert-mp-van-de-walle-dies |title=Former St. Albert MP Van De Walle dies |work=St. Albert Gazette |date=April 27, 2011}}
2. ^Van De Walle, Walter - 1985 Hall of Fame Inductee

External links

  • {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2389}}
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 before=Peter Elzinga| title=Member of Parliament for Pembina| years=1986–1988| after=District Abolished|

}}{{succession box|
 before=New District| title=Member of Parliament for St. Albert| years=1988–1993| after=John G. Williams|

}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Van De Walle, Walter}}

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