Career

Before being elected to the Brisbane City Council, Walsh was a schoolteacher. He joined the Ashgrove Branch of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 in 1949.

Lord Mayor

Walsh succeeded long standing Lord Mayor, Clem Jones, in the leadup to the 1976 election, as Jones was retiring. However, Walsh was not returned as an alderman

Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...

 in the election.

External links

• http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:STANDARD:1921318863:pc=PC_1889#walsh - Brisbane City Council site on Lord Mayor Walsh