George Barnard Baker

The Hon.
George Barnard Baker
The Hon. George Barnard Baker
Senator for Bedford, Quebec
	In office; January 7, 1896 – February 9, 1910
Appointed by	Mackenzie Bowell
Preceded by	Gardner Green Stevens
Succeeded by	Rufus Henry Pope
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Missisquoi
	In office; 1870–1887
Preceded by	Brown Chamberlin
Succeeded by	William Donahue
	In office; 1891–1896
Preceded by	William Donahue
Succeeded by	George Clayes
MLA for Missisquoi
	In office; 1875–1878
Preceded by	Josiah Sandford Brigham
Succeeded by	Ernest Racicot
Personal details
Born	January 29, 1834; Dunham, Lower Canada
Died	February 9, 1910 (aged 76)
Political party	Conservative
Children	George Harold Baker
Cabinet	Solicitor General (1876–1878)

George Barnard Baker (January 29, 1834 – February 9, 1910) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada 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 Bishop's College. He articled with James O'Halloran, was called to the bar in 1860 and entered practice at Sweetsburg with O'Halloran. In 1860, he married Jane Percival Cowan. Baker was elected to the House of Commons in an 1870 by-election after Brown Chamberlin resigned his seat. He served as minister without portfolio and then solicitor general in the Quebec cabinet. He was named a Queen's Counsel in 1876.

He died in Montreal in 1910.

His son George Harold was also a member of the House of Commons.

References

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
George Barnard Baker – Parliament of Canada biography