Herbert John Walker CMG JP (2 June 1919 – 4 January 2008) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
[citation needed] In World War II he served in the Pacific as a NCO in the No.
He represented the Christchurch electorates of St Albans in Parliament from 1960 to 1969, and then Papanui from 1969 to 1978,[1] when he was defeated by Mike Moore.
[1] In 1973 when the Labour government of Norman Kirk introduced the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) he said that many lone (solo) mothers on the DPB were "bludgers living off the state".
[4] In 1975–1978 he was Minister of Social Welfare in the Third National Government,[1] and threatened to take legal action against (DPB) beneficiaries in de facto relationships.