[2] On 24 May 1922 Walsh married Jessie Winifred Bailey, a schoolteacher, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Capella[2] and together had two sons and a daughter.

Whilst Walsh kept his seat, both Labor parties suffered losses, and for the first time since 1932, a conservative government ruled Queensland.

When the QLP amalgamated with the national Democratic Labor Party Walsh refused to support it and at the 1963 and 1966 state elections stood as an Independent.

[2] Whilst he was strongly anti-communist, he at first opposed banning the Communist Party of Australia, but in 1951 he supported the 'Yes' case in the Federal referendum.

[2] In October 1944, Walsh engaged in a fist-fight with Tom Aikens, the newly elected Independent member for Mundingburra in the Speaker's lobby.