'''Harry Grayson Robert Walker''' ({{circa|1912}} – August 1, 1978) was an educator and politician in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. He served as mayor of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] from 1971 to 1973.<ref name=street/>
Born in Regina, he completed his studies at the Regina [[Normal School]] during the 1930s. Walker taught at a country school near [[Rouleau, Saskatchewan|Rouleau]] and then at several schools in Regina. He served overseas during [[World War II]] and then taught for the [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]] in [[Germany]] from 1958 to 1961. Afterwards, Walker returned to Regina and was principal of Massey Elementary School. He served on Regina city council from 1949 to 1952. He also served on the board of governors for the [[Regina General Hospital]]. Walker was president of the [[Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation]] from 1969 to 1970.<ref name=street>{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=3606251 |title=Regina, the street where you live : the origins of Regina street names |page=72 |last=Simmons |first=Dale |year=2000 |publisher=Regina Public Library |ISBN=0-920085-87-3 |access-date=2014-06-29 |archive-date=2019-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232320/http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=3606251 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Walker defeated incumbent [[Henry Harold Peter Baker]] to become mayor in 1973.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/baker_henry_harold_peter_1915-_2004.html |title=Baker, Henry Harold Peter (1915– 2004) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |last=Quiring |first=Brett |access-date=2014-06-29 |archive-date=2017-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706235534/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/baker_henry_harold_peter_1915-_2004.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He died in 1978 at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Regina mayor dies at 66|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27271902/the_leaderpost/|newspaper=The Leader-Post|date=August 2, 1978|page=1|accessdate=January 15, 2019}}</ref>
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{{Mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan}}
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