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♂ Walter David Baker
aliasWalter Baker
Record
2388 · 1313

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 22 August 1930 → 93 years + 9 months ago
Lived 53 years + 2 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 2 months
Death 13 November 1983 → 40 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Walter David Baker (1930–1983)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 0 10

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 31
PC
 1 Minister 48–49 04 Jun 1979 — 02 Mar 1980 0 8 27
 1. National Revenue

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gordon Blair  m 
 
 
Eligible: 73,193 Votes: 61,120 Participation: 83.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10227(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
PC
 1/3 32,689 53.48% +10,663 Loser:
LIB
 22,026 36.04% D. Gordon Blair

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,873 Votes: 62,620 Participation: 78.40% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10491(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 33,946 54.38% +11,143 Loser:
LIB
 22,803 36.53% Jim McDonald

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 77,370 Votes: 61,635 Participation: 79.66% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4457(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 36,717 59.57% +19,609 Loser:
LIB
 17,108 27.76% Bluma Appel

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,370 Votes: 58,967 Participation: 76.21% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4175(F) — 30 Jan 2022 11:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/4 31,498 53.55% +12,016 Loser:
LIB
 19,482 33.12% Gord Hunter
After his election:
13 Nov 1983 53
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 91,723 Votes: 74,737 Participation: 81.48% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3892(F) — 7 Jan 2024 11:36 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
53		 Successor:
PC
 41,663 55.93% William Tupper

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Walter David Baker, P.C., M.P.		  9 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Walter David Baker, C.P., député		  9 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Baker (Canadian politician)		  9 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jun 2024 09:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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