Jim Baker is a

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politician from

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, Canada. Baker represented the

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in the

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as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Baker was first elected in a 2007 by-election, and was re-elected later that year in the provincial election. Baker did not run for re-election in the 2011 provincial election.

Election results

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References

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