[1] On just 23 percent, in early 1990 he recorded the lowest Newspoll leadership approval rating in South Australian history.
[2][3][4] Baker did not lead the Liberals to an election, resigning from the leadership in 1992, to be succeeded by Dean Brown.
After the Liberals' landslide victory that year, Baker served as a minister under both Brown and Olsen.
He remained in parliament until the 1997 state election where he unexpectedly lost his seat to Liberal-turned-independent Mitch Williams, who rejoined the Liberals in 1999.
[5] Baker had motor neurone disease (ALS) and was a supporter of voluntary euthanasia.