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Walker, David - Interview

Item number (ISN):

389514

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-07-05

Item number (ISN):

389514

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1979-0116

Media:

Sound

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1979-07-05

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of Senator David Walker by author Peter Stursberg, about: his memories of public life; Canon Cody; George Robertson; the Great Depression; David Walker's experiences playing the stock market in 1928 and 199; making and losing a fortune; the law firm of Tilley; Johnson; Walker's early law practice; starting with collections in 1931; Perkins Bull; Walker's legal career; the case of the Supreme Court of Canada and Lockhart versus the C.P.R. in 1940; Frank Turville; Chief Justice George Gale; Colonel Richard H. (Dick) Greer; Mr. Justice Mahew; the case of LaCarte versus the Toronto Board of Education; Lewis Duncan; Walker's law firm (Walker; Ellis & Pezzack); meeting his future wife (Elizabeth Joyce "Buntie" Smith); Arthur Meighen; the Progressive Conservative Party circa 1942-1979; the Progressive Conservative Party convention of 1942; Jim Macdonnell; the Committee of Five (the Macdonnell group); the Progressive Conservative Party's Port Hope convention in August 1941; Sidney Smith; Fred Gardiner; Dana Porter; John Bracken; George Drew; the federal election of 1953; the Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention of 1948; George McCullagh; Walker's decision to stand as Progressive Conservative candidate for Rosedale in 1953; his defeat; John G. Diefenbaker; Olive Diefenbaker; the Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention of 1956; Leon Balcer; the federal election of 1957; Walker's election and experiences as Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Rosedale (1957-1962); being presented to the Queen in 1957;the first Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference held in London in 1957; Walker’s family; his impressions of Parliament; the Progressive Conservative government 1957-1962; Walker's experiences as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Justice (E. Davie Fulton) 1958-1959; E. Davie Fulton; Walker's appointment and experiences as Minister of Public Works (1959-1962); the Public Accounts Committee's investigation of the cost of the Queen's Printer Building in Hull; George Nowlan; Livingston Merchant; the federal election of 1962; the devaluation of the Canadian dollar; James Coyne; the "Coyne affair"; Donald Fleming; Walker's appointment to the Senate on 4 February 1963; the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government in the House of Commons in February 1963; George Hees; Pierre Sévigny; ;Walker's work in the Senate; Senate reform; an elected Senate; Joe Clark; the Progressive Conservative Party and its; revolt against John Diefenbaker; the Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention of 1967; Diefenbaker's defeat; the future of Canada; and bilingualism. <3h 54 mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds, pending restrictions.~2. Second interview in a series of two.~3. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Ottawa for the joint Library of Parliament - Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~4. Closed, except with permission of David Walker, until his death.

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Vault ISN:

460379

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02449

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

1979-0116/1
1979-0116/2
1979-0116/3
1979-0116/4

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

460380

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1979-0116/1
1979-0116/2
1979-0116/3
1979-0116/4

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

723782

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02450

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

1979-0116
1979-0084

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Closed

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Restrictions on consultation:

This interview is closed until David Walker's death.

Reproduction access:

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