William Joseph Walsh (March 3, 1880 – October 18, 1948) was a politician in

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. In the

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, he represented Placentia and St. Mary's from 1913 to 1928 as a member of the

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and Placentia West from 1932 to 1934 as a member of the

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. The son of Patrick Walsh, a miner, he was born in

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and was educated in Little Bay. He began work in the mines at Little Bay. When the mine was closed in 1900, Walsh became a commercial traveller. He later settled in Placentia. In 1916, he married Annie Kemp. Walsh served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Mines in 1919 and again in 1924. He held the same post from 1924 to 1928 but was not included in the cabinet until 1928. Walsh was defeated when he ran for election in Harbour Main in 1928 and then, in 1932, was elected in Placentia West. He served in the cabinet, again as Minister of Agriculture and Mines, from 1932 to 1934. From 1934 to 1941, he was manager in Newfoundland for Crown Life Insurance. In 1941, Walsh was named to a dispute board tasked with preventing labour interruptions during

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. He died in St. John's at the age of 68.

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