Loran Ellis Baker (politician)
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Loran Ellis Baker | |
Member of Parliament
for Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare |
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In office 1945 – 1949 |
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Preceded by | Vincent-Joseph Pottier |
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Succeeded by | riding redistributed into Digby—Yarmouth and Queens—Shelburne ridings |
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Born | September 21, 1905 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | May 9, 1991 |
Political party | Liberal |
Profession | military |
Loran Ellis Baker (born September 21, 1905 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada-died May 9, 1991) was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the election of 1945 as a Member of the Liberal Party in the riding of Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare. He also served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, near the end of his federal political career. Prior to his federal political experience, he served in the military as a major for the Royal Canadian Artillery in Europe. He was also a councillor for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia between 1934 and 1937.