Education
Born at Coghill"s Creek in Victoria to farmer Nathan Walter and Elizabeth Ann Stubbs, Walter attended state schools and then the Ballarat School of Mines, spending two years mining in Tasmania and Western Australia.
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He then became a farmer, owning land at Werribee, Little River and Benalla. In 1924 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Gippsland West, becoming the party"s deputy leader. At the time he was also the party"s vice-president, having served as a central councillor (1916-1929), treasurer (1917-1920) and chief president (1920-1922).
In 1929 he resigned from parliament to contest the federal seat of Industrial, without success.
He later became a grazier at Melton and chair of Victorian Newspapers Limited. Walter died in 1951 at Bacchus Marsh and was cremated.
His ashes are at Fawkner Cemetery, VIC.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Country Party member