David James Walker

David "Dave" James Walker PC QC (born May 10, 1905 in Toronto , Ontario ; † September 22, 1995 ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC), who was a member of the House of Commons for five years and between 1963 and 1989 Was a member of the Senate for 26 years . He also held several ministerial offices in Canada's 18th Cabinet of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker from 1959 to 1962 .

Life

After attending the Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Walker completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then completed a postgraduate degree in law at the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University with a doctorate in law (LL.D.) and then took up a position as a barrister . Later he was also prosecutor (Crown Prosecutor) and was for his lawyer's services to the Attorney-General (Queen's Counsel) appointed.

In the August 10, 1953 election, Walker ran for the Progressive Conservative Party in the Rosedale constituency to no avail for a seat in the House of Commons. However, he was elected in the following election of June 10, 1957 in this constituency as a member of the lower house and belonged to this until his defeat in the election on June 18, 1962 . After the PC won the general election on June 10, 1957 , Walker was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Attorney General and Attorney General Davie Fulton on August 19, 1957, and held this junior ministerial post until February 1, 1958.

On August 20, 1959, Walker was appointed to the 18th Cabinet by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker as part of a cabinet reshuffle, where he was Minister of Public Works until July 12, 1962. At the same time, from August 20, 1959 to July 12, 1962, he was minister responsible for the National Capital Commission as well as minister responsible for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation CMHC / SCHL (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation / Société canadienne d ' hypothèques et de logement) .

After leaving the House of Commons, Walker was named Senator for Ontario on February 4, 1963 at the suggestion of Prime Minister Diefenbaker . There he represented the Toronto Senate District for more than 26 years until he voluntarily waived his mandate on September 30, 1989.

Publications

• Fun along the way: Memoirs of Dave Walker , Autobiography, Toronto, Robertson Press, 1989
• Parliament and the constitutional debate , co-authors Don Blenkarn and Simon De Jong, in: Parliamentary Government , 1991.

Web links and sources

• CV on the home page of the Canadian Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org