George Barnard Baker was a Quebec

Quebec

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 lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 representing Missisquoi

Missisquoi (electoral district)

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 from 1870 to 1874, from 1879 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1896 and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 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

Dunham, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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 in 1834, the son of William Baker

William Baker (Lower Canada politician)

William Baker was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1854 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838....

, and studied at Bishop's College

Bishop's University

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. He articled with James O'Halloran

James O'Halloran

James O'Halloran was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was born about 1820 near Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland and came to Canada with his family in 1828. He studied at the University of Vermont and served in the U.S. Army during the war with Mexico...

, 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

Brown Chamberlin

Brown Chamberlin was a Quebec lawyer, publisher and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Missisquoi from 1867 to 1870....

 resigned his seat. He served as minister without portfolio and then solicitor general in the Quebec cabinet. He was named a Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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 in 1876.

He died in Montreal in 1910.

His son George Harold

George Harold Baker

George Harold Baker was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1911 as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Brome...

was also a member of the House of Commons.