Walter Baker

Politician

1876 – 1930

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Who was Walter Baker?

Walter John Baker was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Bristol East from 1923 until his death.

He was unsuccessfully contested the 1918 and 1922 general elections in the Harborough division of Leicestershire. At the 1923 general election he stood in Bristol East, where he won the seat from the National Liberal MP Harold Morris. Baker was re-elected in 1924 and 1929, and died in office in December 1930, aged 54.

The resulting by-election in January 1931 was won by the Labour candidate Stafford Cripps.

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Born
1876
Died
Dec 2, 1930

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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