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Electorates
- MLA Joondalup 14 December 1996–10 February 2001. Elected to the Thirty–fifth Parliament for Joondalup (new seat) on 14 December 1996. Defeated 10 February 2001.
Office
- Acting Speaker of Legislative Assembly, 8 September 1999–10 January 2001
Committees
- Deputy Chairman Committees, 6 March 1997–7 September 1999
- Member, Standing Orders and Procedures Committee, 20 March–27 August 1997
- Member, Public Accounts Committee, 14 March 2000–10 January 2001
- Chairman, Select Committee on the Misuse of Drugs Act, 26 June 1997–20 August 1998
- Member, Select Committee on Human Reproductive Technology Act, 1991, 15 May 1997–22 April 1999
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Personal Information |
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9 July 1958 |
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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4 August 2023 |
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Yanchep, Western Australia |
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Baker, Christopher John, Condolence Motion, Assembly.pdf |
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In WA from February 1989 |
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Son of Lyn Francis Baker, businessman, and Yvonne Mary Clarke, nursing sister |
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Married 24 September 1988, Katherine, Northern Territory, to Sarah Jane Rogers, daughter of Joseph and Norma
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Educated St Thomas Aquinas Convent, St Lucia, Queensland, 1963–1966
St Joseph’s College, (Gregory Terrace) Brisbane, 1967–1976
University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology—BA, Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
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Lawyer and businessperson |
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Barrister and solicitor
Employee, Crown Law Department, Darwin, 1986
Manager, law firm Darwin and Katherine, 1987–1989 and Esperance, 1989–1990
Proprietor, law firm Joondalup, Port Hedland and Broome, 1990–1996
Proprietor, law firm Chris Baker & Associates at Joondalup from 2001
General notary public, Supreme Court of WA |
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Councillor, Port Hedland Town Council, 1994–1996
Councillor, Joondalup City Council, May 2001–May 2004 |
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Living in Queensland, 1958–1985
Living in the Northern Territory, 1986–1989
Secretary, Regional Economic Development Group Inc, Joondalup
Marketing and Membership Director, Joondalup Business Association Inc
Member, Wanneroo Chamber of Commerce and of Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Member, Joondalup Business Association from 1994
Member, Joondalup Combined Community Groups Association from 2004
Director, Equatorial Holdings Pty Ltd
Manager, Director Debt Enemy Company Ltd
Member, Law Society of WA and Law Council of Australia
Member, Hedland College TAFE Council
Member, Joondalup Community Foundation Incorporation
Member, Connolly Residents’ Association
Secretary, Joondalup branch of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau from 1997
Member, Wanneroo/Joondalup sub-branch Returned Services League of Australia from 1996
Member, Safer WA (Joondalup) from 1998 and Joondalup Drug Action Group
Member, sporting clubs including wrestling, rowing, rugby union, rugby league and surf lifesaving
Patron, Joondalup Brothers RUFC and Joondalup Giants RLFC
Vice-patron, Surf Lifesaving WA, 1999–2001
Foundation and life member, 250 Club Inc. and Joondalup Brothers Rugby Union Football Club |
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D Black and G Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 8.
Death notices, West Australian, 7 August 2023, p. 72
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=4ee1b2f2-9243-ee11-be6f-000d3a7981ed Accessed 29 August 2023. |
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