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About William J. Walsh (politician)
- William Joseph Walsh (March 3, 1880 – October 18, 1948) was a politician in Newfoundland.
- In the Newfoundland House of Assembly, he represented Placentia and St.
- Mary's from 1913 to 1928 as a member of the Newfoundland People's Party and Placentia West from 1932 to 1934 as a member of the United Newfoundland Party.The son of Patrick Walsh, a miner, he was born in Argentia and was educated in Little Bay.
- He began work in the mines at Little Bay.
- When the mine was closed in 1900, Walsh became a commercial traveller.
- He later settled in Placentia.
- In 1916, he married Annie Kemp.
- Walsh served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Mines in 1919 and again in 1924.
- He held the same post from 1924 to 1928 but was not included in the cabinet until 1928.
- Walsh was defeated when he ran for election in Harbour Main in 1928 and then, in 1932, was elected in Placentia West.
- He served in the cabinet, again as Minister of Agriculture and Mines, from 1932 to 1934.
- From 1934 to 1941, he was manager in Newfoundland for Crown Life Insurance.
- In 1941, Walsh was named to a dispute board tasked with preventing labour interruptions during World War II.
- He died in St.
- John's at the age of 68.
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