Wally Andersen

Wally Andersen (born July 31, 1951) is a former Liberal Member of the House of Assembly in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

[4][5] The son of Edgar Andersen and Muriel Lucy, he was born in Makkovik, Labrador and was educated in North West River.

[5] The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary charged Wally Anderson on July 23, 2007, with fraud, uttering a forged document and breach of trust in connection with the multimillion-dollar legislative spending scandal.

[6] He officially resigned from the legislature on September 5 of that year, leaving the Torngat Mountains riding vacant until the 2007 provincial election was called shortly thereafter.

[7] Among his successors as the MHA for Torngat Mountains include his nephew Randy Edmunds and niece Lela Evans.