[2] At the time of her election to the House of Assembly in 1979, she was 32, a qualified biochemist, a graduate student in politics at the Australian National University, and married with two children.
[3] Prior to election to the ACT House of Assembly, Walmsley was active in the Abortion Counselling Service.
[7] Walmsley was elected to the ACT House of Assembly in 1979, for the Division of Canberra.
He resigned, in order to allow a woman to lead Labor into the 1982 election.
[11] Walmsley resigned as a MHA in 1985, and was replaced by Rosemary Follett.