Bill Walker

@11th Governor of Alaska, Career and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Bill Walker is an American politician and the current and the 11th Governor of Alaska American Leaders Political Leaders Aries Celebrities Bill Walker is an American politician and the current and the 11th Governor of Alaska. He won the gubernatorial elections held on November 4, 2014 on an Independent ticket. He contested on the ‘Alaska First Unity Ticket’ with his gubernatorial mate Byron Mallot who was from the Democratic Party. Walker forfeited his long-standing Republican Party membership to be able to contest on the consolidated ticket. He had contested earlier for the post of Governor on a Republican ticket but had lost the party’s primary nomination to incumbent Governor Sean Parnell. He opted to contest as an independent so that he could avoid another tough primary against Parnell and won in a state which had preferred either a Republican or a Democrat as a Governor before. He is opposed to the construction of the ‘Pebble Mine’, and acknowledges that climate changes have occurred due to energy policies being followed by the government. He wants to adopt policies that would help mitigate the harmful effects of climate change but supports increasing the capacities of gas and oil production. He also supports new projects for drilling petroleum in the ‘Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’ area. He is in favor of gun rights and a greater degree of sovereignty for Alaska. He supported the expansion of Medicaid which was made possible by the ‘Affordable Care Act’.

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Birthday: April 16, 1951 Nationality: American Famous: 11th Governor of Alaska, Leaders, Political Leaders Spouses: Donna Known as: William M. 'Bill' Walker Childrens: Adam, Jordan, Lindsay, Tessa Universities: Lewis and Clark College University of Puget Sound Information Detail Birthday April 16, 1951 Nationality American Famous 11th Governor of Alaska, Leaders, Political Leaders Spouses Donna Known as William M. 'Bill' Walker Childrens Adam, Jordan, Lindsay, Tessa Universities Lewis and Clark College University of Puget Sound Birth Place Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, U.S. Religion Christianity Height 167cm Gender Male Father Ed Walker Mother Frances Park Net Worth $80.3 Million as of January 16,2017 Sun Sign Aries Born in Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, U.S. Famous as 11th Governor of Alaska

Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, U.S.

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Bill Walker married Donna in 1977, who attended the ‘Puget Sound Law School’ together with him. They have four children from their marriage - Lindsay, Tessa, Adam and Jordan. Unsplash Personal Life

Bill Walker was born William M. Walker in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA on April 16, 1951 and grew up in Delta Junction and in the port city of Valdez on Prince William Sound. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father, Ed Walker was a businessman while his mother was Frances Park. He was the fourth child of his parents. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At the age of 12 he had to work as a janitor to support his family which had lost most of its belongings in the 1964 earthquake in Alaska. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He did his schooling at the ‘Valdez High School’ from where he graduated in 1969. He had to work as a carpenter, laborer and teamster at the ‘Trans-Atlantic Pipeline’ construction company which was owned by his family to earn the money for his education. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He left his home state in 1969 and joined the ‘Lewis Clark College’ in Portland, Oregon, to study business administration. He received his B. S. degree in Business administration in 1973. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Bill Walker worked as a commercial fisherman for one year at the ‘Price William Sound’ in 1969 Unsplash Career

He also worked as a construction worker for the ‘Trans-Alaska Pipeline’ for four years from 1970 to 1974. He was a member of the ‘Alaska Laborers’, Carpenters’ and Teamsters’ Unions during that period. Unsplash Career

In 1975 he founded his own construction company based at Valdez named ‘Bill Walker Construction Company’ which operated till 1980. Unsplash Career

During his days at the law school he got involved in politics and ran for a seat on the ‘Valdez City Council’. He was elected to the ‘Valdez City Council’ in 1977 for the first time and held the post of Council member till 1979. Unsplash Career

Two years later in 1979 he was elected as the youngest mayor of Valdez at the age of 27 years only and held the post till 1980. Unsplash Career

Bill walker loves fishing, skiing, snow-machining, boating, camping and ice-skating. Unsplash Trivia

Information	Detail
Birthday	April 16, 1951
Nationality	American
Famous	11th Governor of Alaska, Leaders, Political Leaders
Spouses	Donna
Known as	William M. 'Bill' Walker
Childrens	Adam, Jordan, Lindsay, Tessa
Universities	Lewis and Clark College University of Puget Sound
Birth Place	Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, U.S.
Religion	Christianity
Height	167cm
Gender	Male
Father	Ed Walker
Mother	Frances Park
Net Worth	$80.3 Million as of January 16,2017
Sun Sign	Aries
Born in	Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, U.S.
Famous as	11th Governor of Alaska

Bill Walker

American

Apr 16, 1951

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Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, U.S.