Career
Born in York, England, he worked seven years with the Allan Steam Ship Company in Montreal (1865-1872). The Montreal Historical Society reports that he followed this with three years as Aide-de-Campe for the Earl of Dufferin, Governor General of Canada (1873-1876), but a March 1902 edition of The Railway and Shipping World indicates that he entered service as a freight and passenger agent for Canada Central Railway in 1873. Subsequently, he held a series of positions with that company:
February to September, 1881, assistant to General Superintendent and Local Treasurer of the Western Division, A B Stickney;
September 1881, to May 1882, purchasing agent of the same division;
May 1882, to June 1883, assistant to the General Manager of Canada Central Railway, West. C. Van Horne;
June 1883, to September 1892, General Superintendent, Manitoba & Northwestern Railway
September 1892 to May 1900, General Manager of Manitoba & Northwestern Railway
May 1900 to 1901, Executive Agent for Code of Professional Responsibility. In 1901, he became the Assistant to the Second Vice President in Montreal, and 1911 he became Secretary of Code of Professional Responsibility. Baker married Ottawan Jane Cruice in 1875 and fathered four children, three girls and a boy.
