Bill Walker (Canadian politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Bill Walker

| image = Bill Walker MPP.png

| caption = Walker in 2021

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| honorific-suffix = MPP

| office1 = Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

| 1blankname1 = Speaker

| 1namedata1 = Ted Arnott

| term_start1 = October 5, 2021

| term_end1 = May 3, 2022

| predecessor1 = Rick Nicholls

| successor1 = Donna Skelly

| office2 = Associate Minister of Energy

| premier2 = Doug Ford

| term_start2 = June 20, 2019

| term_end2 = June 18, 2021

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = Position abolished

| office3 = Minister of Government and Consumer Services

| term_start3 = November 5, 2018

| term_end3 = June 20, 2019

| predecessor3 = Todd Smith

| successor3 = Lisa Thompson

| premier3 = Doug Ford

| office4 = Government Chief Whip

| premier4 = Doug Ford

| term_start4 = July 6, 2018

| term_end4 = November 5, 2018

| predecessor4 = Jim Bradley

| successor4 = Lorne Coe

| parliament5 = Ontario Provincial

| term_start5 = October 6, 2011

| term_end5 = May 3, 2022

| predecessor5 = Bill Murdoch

| successor5 = Rick Byers

| riding5 = Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

| party = Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}

| birth_place = Hepworth, Ontario

| residence = Hepworth, Ontario

| occupation = Health-care executive

}}

William Harold Leonard Walker{{cite tweet |user=ONPARLeducation|number=1547261235305058304|date=13 July 2022 |title=Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics }} (born {{circa|1966}}) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound between 2011 and 2022.

Background

Walker was born and raised in Hepworth, Ontario. He was an executive in the health-care industry and also worked for Bruce Power.{{cite news |title=Incumbents rule in Central Ontario; Rural Tory stronghold sticks to its roots |last=Brean |first=Joseph |newspaper=National Post |date=October 7, 2011 |page=A6}}

Politics

Walker ran in the 2011 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound. He defeated Liberal candidate Kevin Eccles by 8,678 votes.{{cite web|url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |format=PDF |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 6, 2011 |access-date=2014-03-02 |page=2 }} He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Ellen Anderson by 8,773 votes.{{cite news |title=Walker walks away with Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound |url=http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2014/06/12/walker-walks-away-with-bruce-grey-owen-sound |first=Denis |last=Langlois |newspaper=Owen Sound Sun Times |date=June 12, 2014 |access-date=August 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208142433/http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2014/06/12/walker-walks-away-with-bruce-grey-owen-sound |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=General Election by District: Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 12, 2014 |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702072416/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=010 |archive-date=July 2, 2014 }}

He served as the party's critic for Community and Social Services.

On July 6, 2018, he was appointed Chief Government Whip.

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| post1preceded = Todd Smith

| post1 = Minister of Government and Consumer Services

| post1years = November 5, 2018 - June 20, 2019

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| post1followed = Lisa Thompson

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| post1preceded = Jim Bradley