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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Councillor James Walker

Councillor James Walker has been a member of the Campbelltown Borough Council since 1898 He was born in 1864, at Invercargill, where he was educated and brought up as a carpenter. In 1889 he was engaged in the erection of the front portion of the Dunedin Exhibition building, and on the completion of that work he settled at the Bluff, where he has carried on business as a builder since 1891. Mr Walker has served since 1898 on the Bluff school committee, of which he was for some time chairman, and is a member of the Bluff Band. As a Freemason, he is attached to Lodge Fortitude, Bluff, and as a Forester is connected with Court Southern Cross, 6,131. Mr Walker was married, in 1890, to a daughter of Mr Paul Smith, of the Bluff, and has five daughters and one son. He is elsewhere referred to in connection with his business as a carpenter and builder.

Gerstenkor photo. Councillor J. Walker.

Gerstenkor photo.
Councillor J. Walker.