George Barnard Baker
George Barnard Baker was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was a LiberalConservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Missisquoi from 1870 to 1874, from 1879 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1896 and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1875 to 1878. He was named to the Senate of Canada for Bedford division in 1896 and served until his death in 1910.
He was born in Dunham, Lower Canada in 1834, the son of William Baker, and studied at Bishops College. He articled with James OHalloran, was called to the bar in 1860 and entered practice at Sweetsburg with OHalloran. In 1860, he married Jane Percival Cowan. Baker was elected to the House of Commons in an 1870 byelection after Brown Chamberlin resigned his seat. He served as minister without portfolio and then solicitor general in the Quebec cabinet. He was named a Queens Counsel in 1876.
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