Austin Walker (January 5, 1883 – October 31, 1945) served as
mayor
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of
Boise
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,
Idaho
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, from 1942 to 1945.
Walker had served as acting mayor since February 1942 as the incumbent,
H. W. Whillock, was a
United States Navy
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officer during
World War II
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. Walker was appointed mayor after Whillock formally resigned in May of that year. He was elected in his own right in 1943.
Walker died in October 1945 and was succeeded by
Sam S. Griffin.
References
Sources
Mayors of Boise - Past and PresentIdaho State Historical Society Reference Series, Corrected List of Mayors, 1867-1996
1945 deaths
Mayors of Boise, Idaho
20th-century mayors of places in Idaho
1883 births
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