Rosemary Wallace lives in the downtown core of Langley City with her husband Keith of 36 years. She is passionate about community building and her journey into getting involved started at a very early age where she grew up in East Vancouver before moving to Langley over 26 years ago. Rosemary has spent much of her life immersed in arts and volunteering in social programs, arts and culture, sports, environment, and education. She is a local visual artist, photographer, and singer-songwriter. Rosemary has been involved in many arts and culture initiatives, organizations, and the planning of events serving once as the Langley Arts Council President creating a mock arts center that offered a wide range of programming, gallery space, and artist studios. Rosemary was once the owner of the Freedom Arts Gallery which was located on the way of Fraser Hwy.
It is Rosemary’s fourth term on Langley City Council, once serving as a Langley School Board Trustee in between her second and third term as a City Councillor. She has sat on dozens of committees within Langley City and the Township of Langley, The Langley Christmas Bureau, Langley Human Dignity Coalition, Langley Volunteer Bureau, Langley Arts Council, Langley Immigration Partnership, Langley Poverty Reduction Task group, and the Terry Fox Run Committee along with serving on several committees as School Trustee and City Councillor.
Rosemary is a mother of seven and grandmother to six and has coached soccer and other sports while her children were growing up. She also engaged in the school’s arts programs helping to create musical theatre sets and mural projects and served as a PAC president.
Rosemary is excited about the next four years on City Council and looks forward to working with City Council and staff to see that the city is a comprehensive well-developed place that prides itself on looking after people, and the environment and to continue to have meaningful reconciliation with First Nations.