Austin Walker

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name = Austin Walker


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office = Mayor of Boise, Idaho
term_start = May 11, 1942
term_end = October 31, 1945
predecessor = H. W. Whillock
successor = Sam S. Griffin
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death_date = October 31, 1945
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Austin Walker served as mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1942 to 1945.

Walker had served as acting mayor since February 1942 as the incumbent, H. W. Whillock, was a United States Navy officer during World War II. Walker was appointed mayor after Whillock formally resigned in May of that year. He was elected in his own right in 1943.

Walker died in October 1945 and was succeeded by Sam S. Griffin.

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* [http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/PastPresent/page973.aspx Mayors of Boise - Past and Present]
* [http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0047.pdf Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series, Corrected List of Mayors, 1867-1996]