John D. Wallace (born 26 March 1949) is a lawyer and retired Canadian Senator.
[2] Wallace practiced law in Saint John, New Brunswick where he was a partner in the law firms of Palmer, O’Connell, Leger, Turnbull and Turnbull and Stewart McKelvey before leaving private practice to serve as Corporate Counsel for Irving Oil Limited for 17 years.
[1] On 18 November 2015, Wallace announced that he was leaving the Conservative caucus because of irreconcilable differences between himself and party leadership over the role of partisanship in the Senate, citing the 2014 Supreme Court Reference that declared that the Fathers of Confederation wanted the Senate to be "thoroughly independent.
"[1] Wallace announced on 13 December 2016, that he was retiring from the Senate effective 1 February 2017, just over seven years prior to reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, as he promised when he was appointed that he would only serve eight years in the Upper House.
None of the other 17 senators appointed with Wallace in January 2009 who made the same pledge, have announced plans to step down.