constituency death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end occupation
claresholm -lrb- 1930 -- 35 -rrb- -lrb- 1926 -- 30 -rrb- nanton -- claresholm claresholm , alberta 5 july 1954 thomas milnes camlachie , ontario harry o. haslam united farmers of alberta member of the legislative assembly of alberta 22 march 1891 1926 gordon walker - 1930 -lrb- 16842518256 -rrb- . jpg gordon beverly walker
 1935 farmer
gordon beverly walker

gordon beverly walker -lrb- march 22 , 1891 -- july 5 , 1954 -rrb- was a united farmers of alberta member of the legislative assembly for the years from 1926 to 1935 .
at the general election in 1926 in the riding of claresholm he defeated incumbent thomas milnes , independent .
again elected in 1930 representing the riding of nanton-claresholm .
defeated in 1935 by harry haslam , social credit .
born at camlachie in lambton county , ontario of henry walker and rachel matthews ; educated at pipestone , manitoba ; graduated 1919 with a degree in agriculture from the university of manitoba -lrb- manitoba agricultural college -rrb- .
in 1920 , appointed farm manager at the claresholm school of agriculture .
continued to farm , with his brother ira bertram walker , as the walker brothers -lrb- w bar lazy b -rrb- .
gordon was active in community life and served for many years as delegate of the alberta wheat pool -lrb- b2 -rrb- , secretary of the alberta telephone company , a member of the united church session in claresholm , of the claresholm municipal hospital board and of the i.o.o.f. lodge to name a few .
died at claresholm : survived by his wife , linnea -lrb- b. october 9 , 1907 ; d. april 8 , 1992 -rrb- , a nursing graduate of the calgary general , formerly matron of the claresholm hospital ; two sons douglas and harvey ; brother bert , and three sisters , gertrude ralston of victoria ; ora sheppard and alma walker , both of calgary .
