Eric Wilfred Balcom, (March 13, 1909 – May 31, 1989) was a businessman, political figure, and Companion of the Order of Canada.
[1] Born in Port Dufferin, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Balcom moved to Wolfville in 1938.
He was Mayor of Wolfville from 1950 to 1955 and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Parliament in 1953.
Balcom was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1956, representing Kings North as a Liberal.
[3] Balcom was president of the Atlantic School of Theology, the Nova Scotia Kidney Association, the Canadian Mental Health Association, and the Wolfville Board of Trade.