Career
He retained the seat in the 2015 state election. Following the Lecture Notes in Physics"s electoral victory in 2012, Walker was appointed Assistant Minister for Planning Reform on 3 April 2012. On 17 February 2013, then Premier Campbell Newman appointed Walker as the new Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts after the resignation of Ros Bates.
Following the Lecture Notes in Physics"s defeat at the 2015 Queensland election, Walker was succeeded as Minister by Leeanne Enoch (Science and Innovation) and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (Arts).
Despite the statewide defeat of the Lecture Notes in Physics, Ian Walker retained the bellwether seat of Mansfield, though with a small margin of victory. The Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg appointed Walker to the Shadow Cabinet, giving him the roles of Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for Justice, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Shadow Minister for the Arts.
Walker was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
