Item consists of a photograph: b&w portrait of Gordon B. Walker.
Administrative History
Gordon Walker was born in Ontario in 1891 and educated in Manitoba. In 1920 he was appointed farm manager at the Claresholm School of Agriculture. Walker served as a delegate for the Alberta Wheat Pool, secretary of Alberta Telephone Company, and as a member of the Claresholm Hospital Board. Walker was elected as a UFA candidate in the Claresholm electoral district in 1926, and again in the 1930 election in the new district of Nanton - Claresholm. He was defeated in 1935 by Social Credit candidate Harry Haslam.
Subjects
Politicians
Alberta -- Politics and government
Names
Walker, Gordon B.
Places
Claresholm
Nanton
Accession Number
UF 2005.0044.38
Can I use it?
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Date
1930
Notes
Inscription on reverse reads "Walker / G. B. Walker / Nanton - Claresholm".