George William Baker (1854-1917)

Lawyer.

Born at Ottawa, Ontario on 14 August 1854, son of Godfrey Phipps Baker and Elizabeth Julia Clements, he was educated at Ottawa Classical and Commercial School, Ontario College, Picton and Ottawa Grammar School. He was a barrister in Ontario; came to Winnipeg in 1881, and was called to the Bar in Manitoba in 1882. He was a member of Winnipeg City Council in 1888, 1897 and 1898, and a Winnipeg Police Magistrate 1901-03. He was appointed K.C. in 1914.

He was married three times: to Jeanie Eastman in 1884 (deceased 1895), Annie Grime of Harrogate, England in 1906 (deceased 1908), and Ursilla Katherine H. Bell in 1912. He had ten children, including E. G. P. Baker and Ralph D. Baker.

He was a member of the Diocesan and Provincial Synod of the Church of England, a member of the University Council, on the Board of Directors of the Y.M.C.A., Grand Master of the Masonic Northern Light Lodge of Manitoba, and a member of the Manitoba Club and the St. Charles Country Club. He was responsible for the introduction of the Judicature Act into Manitoba.

He died at his summer home in Keewatin, Ontario on 1 September 1917.

His diary (1881-82) and papers are held at the Archives of Manitoba.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

Profile revised: 7 August 2009

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