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♂ William George Baker
aliasWilliam Baker
Record
2390 · 9164

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 38%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 5 8
Birth 16 January 1885 → 139 years + 3 months ago
Lived 75 years + 2 months
First mandate 9 June 1921 → 102 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 4 months
Death 9 April 1960 → 64 years ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 9 months after 14 June 1944
Special notes
None
 

William George Baker (1885–1960)
No photo available
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
Saskatchewan 14 0 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
9 documented challengers
⊖ John W. (Jack) Corman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William E. Knowles  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John A. Merkley  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William G. Ross  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Wellington B. Willoughby  m 
 		 ⊖ Dempster H.R. Heming  m 
⊖ John H. Laird  m 
⊖ James Pascoe  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert H. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 5,210 Votes: 3,947 Participation: 75.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31207(F) — 9 Mar 2022 11:33 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
LAB
 3/3 998 25.29% -623 Winner:
CONS
 1,621 41.07% Wellington B. Willoughby
Eligible: 5,210 Votes: 3,489 Participation: 66.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
10 June 1918
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31309(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
LAB
 2/2 1,531 43.88% -427 Winner:
LIB
 1,958 56.12% William E. Knowles
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,851 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31272(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LAB
 1/5 3,132 52.85% +211 Loser:
LIB
 2,921 49.29% Edward M. Thomson

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,097 Votes: 14,330 Participation: 74.41% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31351(F) — 29 Jan 2023 14:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LLAB
 1/4 4,704 65.65% +1,895 Loser:
CONS
 2,809 39.20% James Pascoe

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,437 Votes: 16,742 Participation: 74.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31472(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LLAB
 3/4 4,181 49.95% -28 Winner:
CONS
 4,209 50.28% Robert H. Smith
Eligible: 11,588 Votes: 19,288 Participation: 93.21% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31540(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
LAB
 7/7 1,420 14.72% -2,983 Winner:
LIB
 4,403 45.66% John H. Laird
Eligible: 12,433 Votes: 18,854 Participation: 76.84% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31595(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
LIB
 2/6 4,728 50.15% +2,039 Loser:
SC
 2,689 28.52% John W. (Jack) Corman

Service: 6 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31649(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 4/7 2,881 28.09% -3,013 Winner:
CCF
 5,894 57.46% Dempster H.R. Heming

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Baker , William George 1886 – 1960 (p. 2)		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William George Baker		 26 Apr 2024

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