David Walker (born August 1, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997, as a member of the

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. Walker was born in Sudbury,

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. He holds a

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degree from

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(1970), a

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from Queen's University (1974), and a

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from

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(1976). He was a professor of

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at the

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from 1974 to 1988, and was also an adjunct professor at the

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polling firm. He campaigned for the

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in the 1977 provincial election, but finished second against former Progressive Conservative leader

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in the upscale constituency of River Heights. Walker worked as campaign manager to Liberal candidate

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in the

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and 1984 federal elections (''Globe and Mail'', 30 April 1979 and 24 August 1984), and worked as an adviser to Axworthy on

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issues in the early 1980s (''Globe and Mail'', 10 January 1985).

Books

Walker is the author of "Great

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Dream" (1979), and the co-author of "Livable Winter Cities" (1986), "Living Within our Means: The Role of Voluntary Associations" (1986) and "Canadian Municipalities and Conditions of Fiscal Austerity in International Perspective" (1987)and most recently his first novel "Wild World". He chaired a Task Force of Native Employment in Manitoba in 1980, and a

task force in 1983-84. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1988 federal election, defeating New Democratic Party incumbent Cyril Keeper in

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. Walker was the first Liberal candidate ever to win this riding, following sixty-seven years of representation by

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parties. The Progressive Conservative Party won a majority government in this election, and Walker served for the next five years as a member of the Official Opposition. Walker was the co-leader of

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's bid to become Liberal Party leader in 1990 (''Toronto Star'', 3 June 1990). He also worked campaign manager for the

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in the 1990 provincial election (''Globe and Mail'', 12 September 1990). The Liberals won a majority government in the 1993 election, and Walker was re-elected with a convincing victory over former provincial cabinet minister

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. He served as parliamentary secretary to

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from 1993 to 1996, when he was promoted to become chairman of the standing committee on industry (''Winnipeg Free Press'', 5 March 1996). He was defeated in the 1997 election, narrowly losing to NDP candidate

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. Walker returned to his consulting business after leaving the House of Commons (''Globe and Mail'', 20 March 1999). He also worked on Paul Martin's second leadership bid in the early 2000s (''National Post'', 16 July 2001). In 2000, he was appointed as chief federal negotiator for a Framework Agreement Initiative with the

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concerning issues of aboriginal self-governmen

Electoral history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, David 1947 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Liberal Party of Canada MPs Politicians from Greater Sudbury Writers from Greater Sudbury McMaster University alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni Carleton University alumni Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian male novelists Canadian male non-fiction writers