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♂ Peter Baker
aliasPeter Baker
Record
2373 · 8858

☆   Lebanese-Canadian    Islam   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Northwest Territories 1 2 3
Birth c. April 1887 → 137 years ago
Lived ± 86 years
First mandate 31 March 1964 → 60 years + 29 days ago
↳ at age ± 76 years
Death 13 November 1973 → 50 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 4 months after 3 July 1967
Special notes
None
 
Peter Baker (c.1887–1973)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Born Bedouin Ferran in what is now Lebanon, Baker is one of Canada's earliest Muslim politicians. Nicknamed the Arctic Arab, he served as the MLA for Mackenzie North (1964–1967) in the legislature of the Northwest Territories.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Northwest Territories 3 3 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ E. James (Scotty) Gall  m 
⊖ David H. Searle  m 
 		 ⊖ John H. Parker  m 
 
Eligible: 2,662 Votes: 1,241 Participation: 46.62% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
2		 Northwest Territories
7 September 1954
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30664(F) — 26 Jul 2023 20:48 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±67
IND
 2/4 338 27.66% -65 Winner:
IND
 403 32.98% John H. Parker
Eligible: 2,396 Votes: 1,374 Participation: 57.35% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
5		 Northwest Territories
31 March 1964
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30678(F) — 31 Dec 2023 10:33 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±76
IND
 1/3 637 46.98% +157 Loser:
IND
 480 35.40% E. James (Scotty) Gall

Service: 3 years 3 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,688 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Territorial
6		 Northwest Territories
4 July 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30682(F) — 26 Jul 2023 20:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±80
IND
 2/4 507 30.04% -174 Winner:
IND
 681 40.34% David H. Searle

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Peter "Arctic Arab' Baker		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Baker (Canadian politician)		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 11:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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