Richard Cornelius Critchett Walker commission of appointment and letters of enclosure, 4 March 1896-26 March 1901

DLMSQ 592

fonds

4 March 1896-26 March 1901

947945

1 volume of textual material - printed forms completed in manuscript, typescript - 37 cm.

Richard Cornelius Critchett Walker, 1841-1903, civil servant, was born at sea on the voyage to Launceston. In 1856, he joined the civil service and resigned in 1863. Walker rejoined the civil service in 1865 as a clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Department. In 1879, he became principal under-secretary. Walker was appointed magistrate in 1884, and was Returning Officer for the 1897 Australian Federal Convention, for the two referenda on the constitution, and for the first Federal elections in 1901

Item 1
a. Letters from the Chief Secretary's Office to Walker enclosing commissions of appointment, 4 March 1896-26 March 1901. Typescript

Item 2
b. Commission of appointment as Electoral Districts Commissioner, 4 March 1896

Item 3
c. Commission of appointment as Returning Officer for New South Wales for the return of representatives at the Convention of Australasia, 25 January 1897

Items 4 and 5
d. Commissions of appointment as Returning Officer for New South Wales in connection with the referenda on the Australian Federal Constitution, 10 May 1898, 2 May 1899

Item 6
e. Commission of appointment as Chief Electoral Officer of the Commonwealth, 26 March 1901

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