Walker Powell

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Walker Powell (May 20, 1828 – May 6, 1915) was a Canadian businessman, militia officer and political figure.

He was born in Waterford, Upper Canada in 1828, the son of Israel Wood Powell, studied at Victoria College in Cobourg and settled in Port Dover. He served on the council for Norfolk County, becoming warden in 1856. He also served in the local militia. Powell worked as an insurance agent and ran a shipping company. In 1857, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Norfolk. He was named deputy adjutant general for the militia in Canada West in 1862. In 1868, he was named to the same post for the Dominion of Canada; he became adjutant general in 1875. Powell supported the choice of Kingston as the site for the Royal Military College of Canada. He retired in Ottawa in 1895 and died there in 1915.

His brother Israel Wood served in the House of Assembly for Vancouver Island. Powell's son Charles Berkeley represented the city of Ottawa in the Ontario legislative assembly. His daughter Linnie Emma married McLeod Stewart, who was an Ottawa mayor.

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• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent ..., JA Gemmill