Loran Ellis Baker (politician) explained

Loran Ellis Baker
Term Start:1945
Term End:1949
Predecessor:Vincent-Joseph Pottier
Successor:riding redistributed into Digby—Yarmouth and Queens—Shelburne ridings
Birth Date:21 September 1905
Birth Place:Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profession:military
Party:Liberal
Riding:Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare

Loran Ellis Baker (September 21, 1905 – May 9, 1991) was a Canadian politician. He attended Bishop's College School and McGill University where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society. Baker was elected to the House of Commons of Canada 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.