Lancelot Walker

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Lancelot Walker (26 November 1829 – 19 May 1907) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 }}

Walker was born in 1829 to Thomas and Constantia Anne Walker of Co York, England. He served in the British Army in India, although in which regiment or unit is unclear.{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19070520.2.32?query=Walker&start_date=19-05-1907&end_date=31-05-1907&snippet=true&title=CHP |title= Obituary |work= Press |date=20 May 1907 }}{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19070522.2.33?query=Walker&start_date=19-05-1907&end_date=31-05-1907&snippet=true&title=CHP |title= Funeral |work= Press |date=22 May 1907 }}{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19070527.2.41.3?query=Walker&start_date=19-05-1907&end_date=31-05-1907&snippet=true&title=CHP |title= Walker |work= Press |date=27 May 1907 }}

Walker came to New Zealand in 1856.{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19070521.2.51?query=Walker&start_date=19-05-1907&end_date=31-05-1907&snippet=true |title= Obituary |work= Wanganui Herald |date=21 May 1907 }} He lived at Four Peaks, Geraldine, Canterbury, where he died.{{cite book |last= Burke |first= Bernard |title= Burke's Colonial Gentry |edition= 2 |orig-year= 1891 |year= 1970 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company |location= Baltimore, Ohio |isbn= 0-8063-0415-4 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera0000burk/page/208 208, 209] |url= https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera0000burk/page/208 }}

Walker represented the {{NZ electorate link|Akaroa}} electorate from the {{By-election link|Akaroa|1863}} after the resignation of Augustus White to 1866, when he was defeated by George Armstrong by just four votes at the {{NZ election link|1866}} held on 21 February.{{cite news |title=The Press |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18660228.2.5 |access-date=22 December 2020 |volume=IX |date=28 February 1866 |page=2}} A few days later on 2 March, he won election in the {{NZ electorate link|Ashley}} electorate, which he represented until he resigned in 1867.{{cite news |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18670511.2.11 |title=Local and general news |volume=XXII |issue=2517 |date=11 May 1867| work=Wellington Independent |page=4 |access-date=25 April 2010}} On 15 May 1885, he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council, where he served until his death on 19 May 1907.{{cite book|title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District|year=1903 |publisher=The Cyclopedia Company Limited|location=Christchurch|url= https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d3.html |page=83 |chapter=Canterbury Members of the Legislative Council}}{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |author-link=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=87}}