Francis A. Walker (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Francis A. Walker (politician)

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1871

Place of Birth: Lucan Biddulph, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 29-May-1956

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Francis A. Walker (politician)

  • Francis Austin Walker (November 17, 1871 – May 29, 1956) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 until 1921.
  • Born in Lucan, Ontario, on November 17, 1871, he moved west to Alberta, becoming a pioneer in the area east of Edmonton.In the 1905 provincial election, Alberta's first as a province, Walker ran as the Liberal candidate in the district of Victoria.
  • He was elected by a wide margin, and became a member of the 1st Alberta Legislature.
  • He was re-elected by acclamation in the 1909 election, and was easily re-elected in the 1913 election.
  • Prior to the 1917 election, the legislature passed an act re-electing all of its members serving in the First World War; as Walker was at this time a lieutenant in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was thus "re-elected" without need of an election. In 1921 William Fedun of United Farmers of Alberta defeated him.
  • In that election the Liberal party swept out of power.
  • He tried to regain his seat in 1926 but came a close second. Walker eventually moved to British Columbia and he attempted a comeback in politics running for the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 1941 British Columbia general election in North Vancouver.

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