Lancelot Walker

Lancelot Walker (26 November 1829 – 19 May 1907) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.[1]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1863–1866 3rd Akaroa Independent
1866–1867 4th Ashley Independent

Walker was born in 1829 to Thomas and Constantia Anne Walker of Co York, England.[2] He served in the British Army in India, although in which regiment or unit is unclear.[3][4][5]

Walker came to New Zealand in 1856.[6] He lived at Four Peaks, Geraldine, Canterbury, where he died.[2]

Walker represented the Akaroa electorate from the 1863 by-election after the resignation of Augustus White to 1866, when he was defeated by George Armstrong by just four votes at the 1866 election held on 21 February.[7] A few days later on 2 March, he won election in the Ashley electorate, which he represented until he resigned in 1867.[8] On 15 May 1885, he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council, where he served until his death on 19 May 1907.[9][10]

References
  1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  2. Burke, Bernard (1970) [1891]. Burke's Colonial Gentry (2 ed.). Baltimore, Ohio: Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 208, 209. ISBN 0-8063-0415-4.
  3. "Obituary". Press. 20 May 1907.
  4. "Funeral". Press. 22 May 1907.
  5. "Walker". Press. 27 May 1907.
  6. "Obituary". Wanganui Herald. 21 May 1907.
  7. "The Press". Vol. IX. 28 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. "Local and general news". Wellington Independent. Vol. XXII, no. 2517. 11 May 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  9. "Canterbury Members of the Legislative Council". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903. p. 83.
  10. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 87.


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