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After 43 years on the Hill, Newfoundland Senator George Baker retires

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With 43 straight years in Parliament, Newfoundland Senator George Baker was until his retirement this week the Parliamentarian with the most years of continuous service, according to Library of Parliament statistics. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY KRISTEN SHANE, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

September 6, 2017

Senator George Baker, the longest continuously-serving Parliamentarian, is calling it quits this week. The Newfoundland Senator, who sat with the Senate Liberal caucus, turned 75 on Sept. 4, the age of mandatory retirement. With 43 straight years in Parliament (28 as an MP, the r...

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