Background
Walker was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, and educated at the University of Western Ontario. He worked as a lawyer, and served as an alderman in the City of London from 1967 to 1971. He and his wife Harriet have two daughters, Melanie Jennifer and Wynsome Harriet. Married to the former Harriet Hedley, who was Runner Up to Miss Canada nationally in 1965, was a secondary school teacher specializing in French and Spanish, was Director of Public Relations for the Museum of Indian Archeology 1981 1989; Director of Public Relations for the Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, 1989 to 1991; principal of Harriet Walker and Affiliates, Toronto, (principal organizer of the Royal Visit to Ontario of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, 1997), director and subsequently Co-Chair of the Royal Ontario Museum, 1997 to 2003, Governor of the Royal Ontario Museum 2003–present, lay member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons 2003 - 2006.
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