Walter Clarence Henderson (28 February 1891 – 20 September 1968) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

Carberry, Manitoba Carberry is a town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. It is situated 3 kilometres south of the Trans-Canada Highway on Highway 5 in the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford, and has a population of 1,738 people. Economy Carberry and the sur ...

and became a farmer by career. He was elected at the Cariboo riding in the 1958 general election, defeating

Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...

incumbent Bert Leboe. Henderson served only one term, the

24th Canadian Parliament The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved ...

, before Leboe retook the riding in the 1962 election.

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* 1891 births 1968 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs People from Carberry, Manitoba {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub