Baird made an attempt to become Premier when he was a candidate to succeed Nick Greiner in 1992, but lost out to John Fahey.

[6] Baird along with fellow Liberal MPs Petro Georgiou, Russell Broadbent and Judi Moylan opposed mandatory detention of asylum seekers.

[7] Despite being a former deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party, Baird never served as a minister during his time in Federal Parliament.

[8] A fierce battle over his successor ensued; Michael Towke was initially preselected as the Liberal candidate 86 votes to 8 but was the target of several negative news reports, before being replaced with Scott Morrison, who went on to win the seat.

[11] Baird was appointed Chairman of the Tourism and Transport Forum, a peak industry lobby group, in 2008.

[15] In August 2017, Business Events Sydney announced the appointment of Baird as their new Chairman, commencing from 1 September 2017.