Preceded by Sydney A. Fisher Role Politician Political party Conservative Parents George Barnard Baker | Profession lawyer Name George Baker | |
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Born November 4, 1877
Sweetsburg, Quebec, Canada ( 1877-11-04 ) Relations George Barnard Baker, father Died June 2, 1916, Ypres, Belgium Party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
Succeeded by Andrew Ross McMaster | ||
George Harold Baker (November 4, 1877 in Sweetsburg, Quebec, Canada – June 2, 1916 in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium) 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. He fought in World War I as a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 13th Scottish Light Dragoons (1913–1914) and commanded the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles which he led into action in France in July 1915. He was killed in action at Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium on June 2, 1916. His father was senator and MP George Barnard Baker.
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