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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Gerald G. Wambolt
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|6|14|1923|5|12}}
| death_place = [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]]
| office1 = [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly|MLA]] for [[Dartmouth North]]
| term_start1 = 1968
| term_end1 = 1970
| predecessor1 = [[Gordon L. S. Hart]]
| successor1 = [[Glen M. Bagnell]]
| residence=
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative]]
| occupation = Accountant
}}
'''Gerald Graham Wambolt''' (May 12, 1923 – June 14, 2001) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of [[Dartmouth North]] in the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]] from 1968 to 1970. He was a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia]].<ref name="Dartmouth North">{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/dartmouth%20north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Dartmouth North|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-03-22|archive-date=2017-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025191651/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/dartmouth%20north.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Born on May 12, 1923, in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], he was a son of Howard Henry and Ella Sheppard Wambolt.<ref name="bio directory">{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/227|accessdate=2018-05-15|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/227 227]}}</ref> An accountant by career, Wambolt served three years as alderman in [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]].<ref name="byelection">{{cite news|title=N.S. PC Government wins two by-elections|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 27, 1968}}</ref><ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary:Gerald Graham Wambolt|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 18, 2001}}</ref> He entered provincial politics in 1968, defeating Liberal [[Glen M. Bagnell]] by 76 votes in a by-election for the Dartmouth North riding.<ref name="Dartmouth North"/><ref name="byelection"/> Wambolt was defeated by Bagnell when he ran for re-election in the [[1970 Nova Scotia general election|1970 election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1970|page=80|accessdate=2015-03-22}}</ref> He died on June 14, 2001.<ref name="obit"/>
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[[Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs]]
[[Category:Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Nova Scotia municipal councillors]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly]]
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