Robert Alexander Walker, (March 6, 1916 – March 28, 1989) was a Canadian lawyer who served in the

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from 1948 to 1967. Walker was born in

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, the son of G.H. Walker and Jean McMillan, and was educated in Mazenod and at the

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. In 1941, he married Rosa Rebecca Nagel. First elected to the Saskatchewan assembly as the

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member for Hanley constituency in the 1948 general election, he went on to re-election in

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, and

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. In 1956 he joined the cabinet of Premier

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and Provincial Secretary. He continued in those roles following his re-election in

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. After Douglas left to lead the federal NDP in 1961,

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became premier and the first universal medical care plan in Canada was introduced after the doctor's strike. In the 1964 general election, Walker was narrowly defeated according to the count on election day, but the election was voided He was re-elected in the subsequent by-election in December 1964 and served in the CCF-NDP opposition until he was defeated in the 1967 general election. After he left the cabinet in 1964, he resumed the practice of law in Saskatoon until 1984 when he retired to

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where he died in 1989. He was survived by his wife, Rosa Rebecca Nagel (who died in Victoria in 2005), 4 children and many grandchildren, including future British Columbia MLA, Adam Walker.

References

External links

Walker, Robert "Bob" at ''Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present'' (University of Regina / Canadian Plains Research Center. University of Regina Press, 2004)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Robert 1916 births 1989 deaths Lawyers in Saskatchewan Canadian King's Counsel Canadian socialists Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs University of Saskatchewan alumni Attorneys general of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan College of Law alumni 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan