Jim Walker (Northern Ireland politician)
Jim Walker | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Belfast | |
| In office 1993–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Patton |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Crooks |
| Member of Belfast City Council | |
| In office 15 May 1985 – 21 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | David Ervine |
| Constituency | Pottinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 23 September 2022 [1] |
| Political party | Independent Unionist (1995-1997) Democratic Unionist Party (until 1995) |
James Junior Walker (died 23 September 2022) was a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was the High Sheriff of Belfast between 1993 and 1994. He served as a Belfast City Councillor for the Pottinger DEA from 1985 to 1997.
Background
Walker was first elected to Belfast City Council at the 1985 election, being one three Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) representatives, for the Pottinger district.[2]
In 1993, he was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast.[3] During his time in office, Walker initially objected to the ‘Monument to the Unknown Worker’, a piece commemorating working-class women in Belfast, as being a symbol of prostitution. However, he later supported the monument, paying tribute to the women “who worked, who cleaned, who scrubbed, who actually went out and earned a living.”[4]
References
- ^ "James (Junior) WALKER". Funeral Times. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Pottinger election results 1985". Ark elections. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "High Sheriffs of Belfast since 1900". Jefferey Dudgeon MBE. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Unknown Woman Worker 1993". RTE. 8 June 1993. Retrieved 14 November 2024.