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Hamish Walker was born on 15 May, 1985 in Dunedin, New Zealand, is a New Zealand politician. Discover Hamish Walker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 38 years old?
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Hamish Walker Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hamish Walker worth at the age of 38 years old? Hamish Walker’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Hamish Walker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Hamish Richard Walker (born 1985) is a New Zealand former politician and former Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.
The Clutha-Southland electorate has been held since its creation in 1996 by the National Party.
Walker was selected as a last minute candidate to replace Todd Barclay, who had resigned due to an employment scandal.
Walker won Clutha-Southland, defeating Labour candidate Cherie Joy Chapman by a margin of 14,354 votes.
During his first term, Walker lobbied for the preservation of maternity services in Lumsden and greater support for Queenstown businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
At the 2014 general election, Walker stood in, placing second in the seat.
At the 2017 general election, Walker stood in the electorate of.
Walker was also a member of Parliament's primary production select committee and served as the party's associate agriculture spokesperson between 12 March 2018 and 25 May 2020.
On 1 January 2019, Walker reportedly saved a distressed man at the Lake Hāwea dam.
Between 25 May and 7 July 2020, Walker served as National's spokesperson on forestry and land information, and associate spokesperson on tourism.
In February 2020, Walker admitted to misleading the public through posting a fake social media post falsely indicating he had participated in a door knocking campaign in the small Southland town of Mataura.
On 2 July 2020, Walker again attracted media attention when he issued a press release criticising the Labour-led coalition government for not consulting residents of Dunedin, Queenstown, and Invercargill about hosting quarantine facilities for 11,000 returnees from India, Pakistan and South Korea.
Walker's remarks were criticised as racist by Minister of Housing Megan Woods for singling out returnees from those countries.
Walker defended his remarks, asserting that charges of racism were an attempt to deflect from the Government's failings.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern criticised Walker's remarks as inappropriate while Mayor of Dunedin Aaron Hawkins described Walker's remarks as "dog whistling."
On 3 July 2020, Walker was reprimanded by National Party leader Todd Muller, who expressed disappointment and concern about his press statement.
According to Stuff, Walker's statements had not been approved by the National Party's leadership.
On 7 July 2020 Walker admitted leaking sensitive medical information (private patient details) to media outlets about COVID-19 patients and was stripped of his portfolios.
That same day, former National Party president Michelle Boag admitted passing COVID-19 patient details to Walker and resigned from her position as chief executive of the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust.
On 8 July, National leader Todd Muller told the media that he had written to the party board asking them to remove Walker from the party.
That same day Walker announced that he would not be standing for re-election in the Southland electorate during the 2020 New Zealand general election.
On 30 July 2020, a report published by former solicitor general Michael Heron, QC, concluded Walker was responsible for the unauthorised disclosure of sensitive information, his motivations were political and his actions were not justified or reasonable.
Following his retirement from politics, Walker found work as a real estate salesman at the Harcourts real estate company in Queenstown.
Walker has since finished working at Harcourts and has launched a new real estate company in Queenstown called Premium Real Estate Queenstown.
Hamish Walker is of Scottish New Zealand heritage and his family has roots in the South Island town of Balclutha.
Walker's wife Penny Tipu is of Māori descent.
The couple have a cat named Monty.