Alfred Baker (politician)

Alfred Baker (25 September 1870 – 2 April 1943) was a British politician and solicitor.

Born in Exeter, Baker qualified as a solicitor and moved to London.

However, at the 1925 London County Council election, he won a seat in Hackney South as a Labour Party candidate.

[1] Baker sat on a large number of committees, including the Thames Conservancy Board, the Port of London Authority, and as a governor of the London Hospital, Regent Street Polytechnic and Holloway School.

[1][2] Baker was elected as Chairman of London County Council on 9 March 1943, but he died less than a month later.