{{Short description|American politician (1936–2020)}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Quall|Quoll}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Dave Quall |image = |caption = |state_house = Washington |district = 40th |term_start = January 11, 1993 |term_end = January 10, 2011 |predecessor = Harriet Spanel |successor = Kristine Lytton |birth_name = David Spencer Quall |birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|1|26}} |birth_place = Bellingham, Washington, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|11|12|1936|1|26}} |death_place = Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S. |party = Democratic |alma_mater = Seattle Pacific University (MEd) }}
'''David Spencer Quall''' (January 26, 1936 – November 12, 2020) was an American educator and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 40th district from 1993 to 2011.
==Biography== Quall attended Seattle Pacific University and earned a master's degree in Education Guidance and Counseling in 1974. He worked for thirty-eight years in education.
As a representative, he served as Chair of the Education Committee, and he has been a member of the Economic Development, Agriculture and Trade Committee.
His legislative priorities were to "help public schools meet the new high standards of Education Reform," "Increasing family-wage jobs and a healthy economic climate," and to make "home-ownership affordable for young families starting out".<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rep. Dave Quall, serving the 40th District|url=http://hdc.leg.wa.gov/members/quall/bio.asp|access-date=2006-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821211358/http://hdc.leg.wa.gov/members/quall/bio.asp|archive-date=2006-08-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2006 he faced Republican challenger Yoshe Revelle for Representative District No. 40, Position No. 1 and easily defeated him with the help of campaign manager Miriam Witt.
He died on November 12, 2020, at age 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/former-state-legislator-quall-dies/article_9426de68-5b3c-5fc3-ac25-2234c9dff5c3.html |title=Former state legislator Quall dies |publisher=Goskagit.com |date=2020-11-12 |accessdate=2020-11-13}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060821211358/http://hdc.leg.wa.gov/members/quall/bio.asp Official Biography] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060902063016/http://www1.leg.wa.gov/house/Quall Contact Information]
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