James Walker (Australian politician)

James Thomas Walker was a Scottishborn Australian banker and politician.

Walker was born in Scotland but spent his early childhood in New South Wales, before returning to Scotland with his family to study finance. Joining the Bank of New South Wales, he returned to Australia and held various financial positions in New South Wales and Queensland. Gaining a public reputation for financial expertise, he was active in the Federationist cause and was a delegate to the 1897 Constitutional Convention, where he was a significant figure in the development of Commonwealth finance schemes. After assisting the successful Yes campaign for the 1898 referendum, he was elected to the Senate in 1901 as a Free Trader.

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