Walt Secord NSW MP is a Canadian Indian. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since May 2011, when he was elected to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Eddie Obeid. Secord was previously the Chief of Staff to former NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally. Secord was born in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is of Canadian aboriginal ancestry. He studied arts at York University in Toronto, and worked as a journalist for the Toronto Star before immigrating to Australia in September 1988. He became an Australian citizen in June 1992.