# Austin Walker

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**Austin Walker** (January 5, 1883 – October 31, 1945) served as [mayor](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Boise) of [Boise](/source/Boise,_Idaho), [Idaho](/source/Idaho), from 1942 to 1945.

Walker had served as acting mayor since February 1942 as the incumbent, [H. W. Whillock](/source/H._W._Whillock), was a [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) officer during [World War II](/source/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](/source/Sam_S._Griffin).

## References

1. ["Mayors - Boise Arts & History"](http://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history-timeline/mayors/). Boiseartsandhistory.org. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

## Sources

- [Mayors of Boise - Past and Present](https://web.archive.org/web/20080510120300/http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/PastPresent/page973.aspx)
- [Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series, Corrected List of Mayors, 1867-1996](http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0047.pdf)

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