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♂ Francis Austin Walker
aliasFrancis Walker
Record
63664 · 7969

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 0 1 1
Alberta 4 2 6
Total 4 3 7
Birth 17 November 1871 → 152 years + 5 months ago
Lived 84 years + 6 months
First mandate 9 November 1905 → 118 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 11 months
Death 29 May 1956 → 67 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 10 months after 17 July 1921
Special notes
None
 
Francis Austin Walker (1871–1956)
© Photo 1917 Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 15 8 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Wasyl (William) P. Fedun  m 
⊖ Joshua Hinchcliffe  m 
⊖ Dorothy G. Steeves  f 
 		 ⊖ Rudolph Hennig  m 
⊖ John W. Shera  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,358 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27410(F) — 19 Oct 2023 07:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 949 69.88% +540 Loser:
CONS
 409 30.12% John W. Shera

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27439(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,664 Votes: 1,239 Participation: 74.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27509(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 773 62.49% +505 Loser:
CONS
 268 21.67% R.A. Bennett

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27582(F) — 5 Mar 2022 17:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,983 Votes: 2,689 Participation: 90.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27646(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 1,288 47.90% -113 Winner:
UFA
 1,401 52.10% Wasyl (William) P. Fedun
Eligible: 4,691 Votes: 3,240 Participation: 69.07% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27713(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
LIB
 2/5 1,185 38.26% -219 Winner:
UFA
 1,404 45.33% Rudolph Hennig
Eligible: 14,099 Votes: 10,589 Participation: 75.10% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29536(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
69
LIB
 2/5 2,945 28.24% -1,264 Winner:
CFF
 4,209 40.37% Dorothy G. Steeves

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Francis A. Walker		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Francis A. Walker (politician)		 24 Apr 2024

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