(Ronald) Bruce Walker (7 December 1897 – 1981) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Windsor, [1] to Lucinda Isabel Rowthorn and (Robert) Bruce Walker, who was also a politician. [2] Ronald attended Sydney Grammar School and was admitted as a solicitor in 1925. On 19 December 1923 he married Muriel Smith, with whom he had a son. He joined the family law firm, William Walker & Son, becoming a senior partner in 1932. [1]
In 1932 he succeeded his father in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the United Australia Party member for Hawkesbury. [3] He was re-elected in 1935, [4] and 1938, [5] serving until 1941. [1]
In August 1939 he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to defraud members of the public in connection with the Scottish Loan and Finance Company of which he was a director. [6] After a 36-day hearing in the Supreme Court in 1941, [7] in which Walker addressed the jury for 9 hours, [8] Walker and one of his co-accused, solicitor Albert Levitus, were convicted. [7] Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers sentenced Walker to three years imprisonment and Levitus to five years imprisonment. [9] Walker was struck off the roll of solicitors in 1941. [1] He was released from prison in July 1943. [10]
Walker became an estate agent and was elected an alderman of the Windsor Council in 1945. [11] Walker died in 1981 (aged 83–84). [1]
(Ronald) Bruce Walker (7 December 1897 – 1981) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Windsor, [1] to Lucinda Isabel Rowthorn and (Robert) Bruce Walker, who was also a politician. [2] Ronald attended Sydney Grammar School and was admitted as a solicitor in 1925. On 19 December 1923 he married Muriel Smith, with whom he had a son. He joined the family law firm, William Walker & Son, becoming a senior partner in 1932. [1]
In 1932 he succeeded his father in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the United Australia Party member for Hawkesbury. [3] He was re-elected in 1935, [4] and 1938, [5] serving until 1941. [1]
In August 1939 he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to defraud members of the public in connection with the Scottish Loan and Finance Company of which he was a director. [6] After a 36-day hearing in the Supreme Court in 1941, [7] in which Walker addressed the jury for 9 hours, [8] Walker and one of his co-accused, solicitor Albert Levitus, were convicted. [7] Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers sentenced Walker to three years imprisonment and Levitus to five years imprisonment. [9] Walker was struck off the roll of solicitors in 1941. [1] He was released from prison in July 1943. [10]
Walker became an estate agent and was elected an alderman of the Windsor Council in 1945. [11] Walker died in 1981 (aged 83–84). [1]