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- George_Baker_(politician) abstract "For the Indian actor cum politician, see George Baker (Indian Politician).George S. Baker, PC (born September 4, 1942) is a Canadian politician and member of the Senate of Canada.Baker was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1974 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Gander—Twillingate, in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was re-elected in every subsequent election (representing Gander—Grand Falls after 1988) until his appointment to the Senate by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, in 2002.Although a popular and articulate MP, he was hurt by the tradition of appointing no more than one Canadian Cabinet minister from Newfoundland at a time, and by his reputation as a maverick who said what he thought rather than what the party leadership would like him to say. Fred Mifflin's and Brian Tobin's appointments to cabinet following the 1993 election meant Baker had to remain on the backbench. Tobin's resignation from the cabinet to become Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador opened the way for Baker to be appointed as Minister of Veterans Affairs. But when Prime Minister Chrétien lured Tobin back to Ottawa for the 2000 election, Baker was removed from Cabinet. He was appointed to the Senate in 2002.On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau announced all Liberal Senators, including Baker, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would continue sitting as Independents. According to Senate Opposition leader James Cowan, the Senators will still refer to themselves as Liberals even if they are no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus.Baker lives in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, with his wife Averill Baker. He has four children; Annelle, Averill, Eli, and Joscelyn, and one granddaughter named Annelle.".
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- George_Baker_(politician) birthDate "1942-09-04".
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- George_Baker_(politician) children "Annelle, Averill, Eli, Joscelyn, and granddaughter Annelle.".
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- George_Baker_(politician) predecessor "John Lundrigane".
- George_Baker_(politician) religion "United http://united-church.ca/files/communications/news/general/120703_senators.pdf".
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- George_Baker_(politician) termEnd "1988".
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- George_Baker_(politician) termStart "1974".
- George_Baker_(politician) termStart "1988".
- George_Baker_(politician) termStart "1999".
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