Career
Baker was born in Brisbane and moved to Western Australia in 1989. Prior to entering parliament as the member for the newly created seat of Joondalup, he was a barrister, solicitor and proprietor of a law firm. In parliament, he was involved in a number of committees, including the Public Accounts Committee.
On 5 May 2001, Baker was elected as councillor for the Marina ward of Joondalup with an overwhelming majority of votes.
He was one of a group of councillors who supported the controversial Chief Executive Officer, Denis Smith, and was criticised by the inquiry into the City of Joondalup by lawyer Greg McIntyre.