Harry Walker (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Harry Walker
Constituency Am1:Wide Bay
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:18 May 1907
Term End1:26 April 1912
Predecessor1:George Lindley
Successor1:Charles Booker
Constituency Am2:Cooroora
Assembly2:Queensland Legislative
Term Start2:27 Apr 1912
Term End2:3 May 1947
Predecessor2:New seat
Successor2:David Low
Birth Date:15 April 1873
Birth Place:Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Gympie Cemetery
Birthname:Harry Frederick Walker
Nationality:Australian
Party:Country Party
Otherparty:Country and Progressive National Party, CNC, National, Liberal, Ministerial, Opposition
Spouse:Rosanna Martin (m.1894 d.1961)
Occupation:Company director

Harry Frederick Walker (15 April 1873 – 23 October 1950) was an Australian company director and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Walker was born in Gympie, Queensland, to parents William Henry Walker and his wife Charlotte Caroline (née Stocker) and was educated at One Mile State School, Monkland State School and the local Grammar School. He was a miner and engine-driver in 1890 and in 1897 was part of the Light Horse Jubilee Contingent in London. He fought in the Boer War and by 1906 was the chairman of the Murarrie Bacon Factory and a director of the Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Co.

In 1903, Walker had acquired a farm at Coles Creek, Gympie and by 1920 he was a farmer at Tewantin.

On the 17 Feb 1894 he married Rosanna Martin [1] (died 1961)[2] and together had three sons and two daughters. He died in Brisbane in 1950[1] and his body was taken back to Gympie for a state funeral at St Peter's Church and burial at the Gympie Cemetery.[3] [4]

Political career

Walker was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for almost 40 years, most of them in opposition to successive Labor governments.

He represented two different seats, the first being Wide Bay from 1907 until 1912 and the second being Cooroora from its inception in 1912 until he retired from politics in 1947. He was Secretary for Agriculture and Stock in the Moore Ministry from 1929 until 1932.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 13 March 2016.
  2. https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research
  3. News: Family Notices. 24 October 1950. The Courier-mail. 9 April 2020. Queensland, Australia. 16. Trove.
  4. http://research.gympiecemeterytrust.com.au:8008/mapguide/Gympie/Public/index.php Gympie Cemetery Mapping Portal