| 词条 | Harry Walker (politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Harry Walker |honorific-suffix = |image = |caption = | constituency_AM1 = Wide Bay | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 18 May 1907 | term_end1 = 26 April 1912 | predecessor1 = George Lindley | successor1 = Charles Booker | alongside1 = | constituency_AM2 = Cooroora | assembly2 = Queensland Legislative | term_start2 = 27 Apr 1912 | term_end2 = 3 May 1947 | predecessor2 = New seat | successor2 = David Low | alongside2 = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|4|15|df=y}} |birth_place = Gympie, Queensland, Australia |death_date = {{death date and age|1950|10|23|1873|4|15|df=y}} |death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |restingplace = Gympie Cemetery |birthname = Harry Frederick Walker |nationality = Australian |party = Country Party |otherparty = Country and Progressive National Party, CNC, National, Liberal, Ministerial, Opposition |spouse = Rosanna Martin (m.1894 d.1961) |known_for = | occupation = Company director | relations = | alma_mater = | religion = Church of England }}Harry Frederick Walker (15 April 1873 – 23 October 1950) was a company director and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1] BiographyWalker was born in Gympie, Queensland, to parents William Henry Walker and his wife Charlotte Caroline (née Stocker) and was educated at One Mile State School, Monkland State School and the local Grammar School. He was a miner and engine-driver in 1890 and in 1897 was part of the Light Horse Jubilee Contingent in London. He fought in the Boer War and by 1906 was the chairman of the Murrarie Bacon Factory and a director of the Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Co.. In 1903, Walker had acquired a farm at Coles Creek, Gympie and by 1920 he was a farmer at Tewantin. On the 17 Feb 1894 he married Rosanna Martin [1] (died 1961)[2] and together had three sons and two daughters. He died in Brisbane in 1950[1] and his body was taken back to Gympie for a state funeral at St Peter's Church[3] and burial at the Gympie Cemetery.[4] Political careerWalker was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for almost 40 years, most of them in opposition to successive Labor governments. He represented two different seats, the first being Wide Bay from 1907 until 1912 and the second being Cooroora from its inception in 1912 until he retired from politics in 1947. He was Secretary for Agriculture and Stock in the Moore Ministry from 1929 until 1932. References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=764160370|accessdate= 13 March 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au-qld}}{{s-bef|before= George Lindley}}{{s-ttl |title= Member for Wide Bay|years=1907–1912}}{{s-aft|after=Charles Booker}}{{s-new|seat}}{{s-ttl |title= Member for Cooroora|years=1912–1947}}{{s-aft|after=David Low}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Harry Frederick}}2. ^[https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research] — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 13 March 2016. 3. ^ — The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 13 March 2016. 4. ^Gympie Cemetery Mapping Portal — Gympie Cemetery Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2016. 4 : Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly|1873 births|1950 deaths|National Party (Queensland, 1917) members of the Parliament of Queensland |
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