Political Career
In the 1896 federal election, Walsh was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate for the Cardwell constituency in Ontario.
In 1905, he became the first President of the Conservative Association of Alberta, in which he also served as the party's chief organizer. He ran in a 1906 by-election for the provincial constituency of Gleichen, but was unsuccessful, losing by just over 100 votes to Liberal Ezra Riley.
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