Mary Roe Walkup (born May 4, 1924) is an American former politician who was a delegate in the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, ...

. She represented District 36, which covers

Caroline Caroline may refer to: People * Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player Places Antarctica * ...

Cecil Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada *Cecil, Alberta, ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

and Queen Anne's Counties.

Background

First elected in 1994, she won one of two seats left open by R. Clayton Mitchell and C. Ronald Franks, serving alongside Wheeler R. Baker and Ronald A. Guns. In 1998, delegates were elected by county, in which case Walkup defeated Democratic challenger Clarence Hawkins for the seat in Kent County. In 2002, the election returned to the District selecting three delegates from the list. She was one of three Republicans, the others being

Richard Sossi Richard Sossi is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates. He represented District 36, which covers Caroline, Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's Counties. Education Sossi graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1965 with a ...

and Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., that helped unseat incumbent Wheeler R. Baker. Finally, in 2006, the election returned to voting for one candidate per county, and she won reelection by defeating Joan O. Horsey.

Education

Walkup attended Kent County public schools. She graduated from the

University of Maryland School of Nursing The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is a public university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1807, it comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work and nursing in the United States ...

with her R.N. in 1945.

Career

After college, Walkup was a nurse at the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

Hospital. In 1978, she was elected to the Board of County Commissioners for Kent County, serving two terms, the second term as President. Walkup has also been a lifelong advocate of environmental matters. She served for four years starting in 1982 as a delegate for the Legislative Committee on the Maryland Association of Counties. She is a charter member of Kent Conservation, Inc., as citizens' watchdog group founded in 1969 that focuses on environmental issues in Kent County. Walkup is also a member of the Kent Chapter of the

American Red Cross The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. It is the desi ...

, Kent County Farm Bureau, the

Chester River The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 and its watershe ...

Association, the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, and the Maryland Conservation Council. In 1977, she received the Conservationist of the Year from the Maryland Wildlife Federation.

In the legislature

As a member of the

, Walkup served on the Economic Matters Committee beginning in 1995, and several other subcommittees.

Legislative notes

* voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359) * voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) * voted for slots in 2005 (HB1361) * voted for electric deregulation in 1999 (HB703) * voted for income tax reduction in 1998 (SB750) * voted against in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)

Election results

*2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 36 - Kent County Retrieved on Sept. 30, 2007 ::Voters to choose three: : *2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 36 ::Voters to choose three: : *1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 36 - Kent County Retrieved on Sept. 30, 2007 ::Voters to choose one for each county: : *1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 36 Retrieved on Sept. 30, 2007 ::Voters to choose three: :

References and notes

External links

*
msa.md.gov
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walkup, Mary Roe 1924 births Living people 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates People from Kent County, Maryland Women state legislators in Maryland