Background
He was born in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, the son of William Valleau and Rebecca Woods, and was educated there.
He was born in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, the son of William Valleau and Rebecca Woods, and was educated there.
He represented Melfort from 1938 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Company-operative Commonwealth Federation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) member. He came to Saskatchewan in 1911 and took a homestead in the Moose Range district, later farming in the Hanley, Kenaston and Aylsham areas. Valleau served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Social Welfare and as Provincial Secretary.
Valleau was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1948.
From 1948 to 1962, he was chairman of the Saskatchewan Workmen"s Compensation Board.
He was a member of the Saskatchewan Power Commission and later served on the board of directors for the Saskatchewan Power Corporation.