Samuel Barker (Canadian politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Samuel Barker
Honorific-Suffix:PC
Constituency Mp:Hamilton
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Andrew Trew Wood
Thomas Henry Macpherson
Successor:District was abolished in 1903
Alongside:Francis Carmichael Bruce
Term Start:1900
Term End:1904
Constituency Mp2:Hamilton East
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:District was created in 1903
Successor2:Sydney Chilton Mewburn
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1917
Birth Date:25 May 1839
Birth Place:Kingston, Upper Canada
Party:Conservative

Samuel Barker, (May 25, 1839  - June 26, 1915) was a Canadian parliamentarian and lawyer.

Barker was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hamilton, Ontario in the 1900 federal election after an unsuccessful attempt four years earlier. He was re-elected as the MP for Hamilton East in 1904 and remained in office for a total of almost fifteen years before dying in office at the age of 76 after winning four consecutive elections.

He was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on February 28, 1913 on the recommendation of Prime Minister Robert Borden.