George Baker (born September 4 1942) is a Canadian politician and member of the Senate.

Baker was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1974 Canadian election as the Liberal MP for Gander - Grand Falls , Newfoundland. He was re-elected in every subsequent election until his appointment to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2002..

Though a popular and articulate MP, he was hurt by the tradition of appointing no more than two Canadian Cabinet ministers from Newfoundland and by his reputation as a maverick who said what he thought rather than what the party leadership would like him to say. Fred Mifflin's and Brian Tobin's appointments to cabinet following the 1993 Canadian election meant Baker had to remain on the backbench. Tobin's resignation from the cabinet to become Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador opened the way for Baker to be appointed as Minister of Veterans Affairs but when Prime Minister Chrétien lured Tobin back to Ottawa for the 2000 Canadian election, Baker had to make way. As a consolation for his loss he was appointed to the Senate in 2002.

The treatment of Baker echoed that of James McGrath during the Mulroney years. A popular and talented MP, McGrath would have likely been in cabinet had a seat not been given to John Crosbie.