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♂ Chester Cleveland Baker
aliasChester Cleveland Baker
Record
2326 · 5555

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 6 1 7
Birth 14 April 1886 → 138 years ago
Lived 81 years + 3 months
First mandate 23 July 1935 → 88 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 3 months
Death 22 July 1967 → 56 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 7 months after 9 December 1962
Special notes
None
 
Chester Cleveland Baker (1886–1967)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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
Prince Edward Island 23 1 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Ernest H. Strong  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Heath E. Strong  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,881 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25569(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 2,261 58.26% +641 Loser:
CONS
 1,620 41.74% Heath E. Strong

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,769 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25600(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,898 50.36% +27 Loser:
CONS
 1,871 49.64% Heath E. Strong

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,383 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25633(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/3 1,546 45.70% -105 Winner:
PC
 1,651 48.80% Heath E. Strong
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,715 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25669(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
61
LIB
 1/3 1,806 48.61% +176 Loser:
PC
 1,630 43.88% Heath E. Strong

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,681 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25705(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 1,471 54.87% +261 Loser:
PC
 1,210 45.13% Ernest H. Strong

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,789 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25737(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 1,562 56.01% +335 Loser:
PC
 1,227 43.99% D.H. Grossman

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,092 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25768(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
73
LIB
 1/2 1,737 56.18% +382 Loser:
PC
 1,355 43.82% Ernest H. Strong

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,124 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25800(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
LIB
 1,713 54.83% Frank Jardine

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Baker, Chester Cleveland		 17 Mar 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Chester Cleveland Baker		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Cleveland Baker		 17 Mar 2024

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