Walker was re-elected with a convincing victory over former provincial cabinet minister Maureen Hemphill. He served as parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Paul Martin from 1993 to 1996, when he was promoted to become chairman of the standing committee on industry (Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1996). He was defeated in the 1997 election, narrowly losing to NDP candidate Pat Martin. Walker returned to his consulting business after leaving the House of Commons (Globe and Mail, 20 March 1999). He also worked on Paul Martin's second leadership bid in the early 2000s (National Post, 16 July 2001). In 2000, he was appointed as chief federal negotiator for a Framework Agreement Initiative with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs concerning issues of aboriginal self-government. Electoral history References External links 1947 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Liberal Party of Canada MPs Politicians from Greater Sudbury Writers from Greater Sudbury McMaster University alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni Carleton University alumni Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian male novelists Canadian male non-fiction writers