Robert Alexander Walker, (March 6, 1916 – March 28, 1989) was a Canadian lawyer who served in the

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from 1948 to 1967. Walker was born in

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, the son of G.H. Walker and Jean McMillan, and was educated in Mazenod and at the

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. In 1941, he married Rosa Rebecca Nagel. First elected to the Saskatchewan assembly as the CCF member for Hanley constituency in the 1948 general election, he went on to re-election in

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

, and

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

. In 1956 he joined the cabinet of Premier

Tommy Douglas Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist min ...

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and Provincial Secretary. He continued in those roles following his re-election in

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

. After Douglas left to lead the federal NDP in 1961,

Woodrow Lloyd Woodrow Stanley Lloyd (July 16, 1913 – April 7, 1972) was a Canadian politician and educator. Born in Saskatchewan in 1913, he became a teacher in the early 1930s. He worked as a teacher and school principal until 1944 and was involved with ...

became premier and the first universal medical care plan in Canada was introduced after the doctor's strike. In the 1964 general election, Walker was narrowly defeated according to the count on election day, but the election was voided He was re-elected in the subsequent by-election in December 1964 and served in the CCF-NDP opposition until he was defeated in the 1967 general election. After he left the cabinet in 1964, he resumed the practice of law in Saskatoon until 1984 when he retired to

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where he died in 1989. He was survived by his wife, Rosa Rebecca Nagel (who died in Victoria in 2005), 4 children and many grandchildren, including future British Columbia MLA,

Adam Walker Adam Walker may refer to: * Adam Walker (American football, born 1963), American football running back * Adam Walker (American football, born 1968), American football running back * Adam Walker (Australian politician) (1829–1902), Australian polit ...

References

External links

Walker, Robert "Bob" at ''Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present'' (University of Regina / Canadian Plains Research Center. University of Regina Press, 2004)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Robert 1916 births 1989 deaths Lawyers in Saskatchewan Canadian King's Counsel Canadian socialists Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians University of Saskatchewan alumni Attorneys-General of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan College of Law alumni