George Barnard Baker (January 29, 1834 – February 9, 1910) was a

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lawyer and political figure. He was a

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member of the

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representing Missisquoi from 1870 to 1874, from 1879 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1896 and in the

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from 1875 to 1878. He was named to the

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for Bedford division in 1896 and served until his death in 1910. He was born in Dunham,

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in 1834, the son of William Baker, and studied at Bishop's College. He articled with

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, 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 (March 26, 1827 – July 13, 1897) was a Quebec lawyer, publisher and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Missisquoi from 1867 to 1870. He was born in Frelighsburg, Lower ...

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

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in 1876. He died in Montreal in 1910. His son George Harold was also a member of the House of Commons.

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