James Walker (1756 – January 31, 1800) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in

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. He was probably born in

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and later came to

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. Walker took part in the defence of the town against an invasion by the

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in 1775–6. Soon afterwards, he moved to

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and he was admitted to the bar there in 1777. He was elected to the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada for Montreal County in 1792. In 1794, he was named judge in the

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for Montreal, Quebec and Trois-Rivières districts. Later that year, Walker was named to the

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at Montreal. He died in Montreal in 1800. His daughter Juliana married James Sutherland Rudd, an Anglican priest at William-Henry, and, after Rudd's death, married

Jean-Marie Mondelet Jean-Marie (ca. 1771According to some sources, he may have been born François Mondelet on April 29, 1773. – June 15, 1843) was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu around 1771, the son ...

, a Montreal notary and member of the legislative assembly. Walker's brother

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also was a lawyer and a member of the legislative assembly.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, James 1756 births 1800 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Judges in Quebec British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War English emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Anglophone Quebec people Lower Canada judges Immigrants to the Province of Quebec (1763–1791)