Harry Frederick Walker (15 April 1873 – 23 October 1950) was an Australian

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and member of the

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Biography

Walker was born in

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, 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

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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

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. On the 17 Feb 1894 he married Rosanna Martin (died 1961)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 13 March 2016. and together had three sons and two daughters. He died in

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in 1950 and his body was taken back to Gympie for a

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at St Peter's Church and burial at the

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Political career

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

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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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Harry Frederick Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1873 births 1950 deaths National Party (Queensland, 1917) members of the Parliament of Queensland