[2] As the first Muslim elected to public office in Canada, he played a fundamental role in the history of Islam in the Arctic and Subarctic regions.
[2] At the turn of the century, he emigrated to Canada from the Turkish (Ottoman) conscription for young Arabs whom Turkey made to fight against the Yemenis.
[4] After his trade ended, Baker entered politics, and was elected a member of the NWT Council at the time, now called the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for the period of 1964–1967.
[6] Baker's funeral took place on 19 November 1973 in Al-Rashid Mosque in Edmonton, Alberta.
[7][2] Baker authored a book, Memoirs of an Arctic Arab, published posthumously in 1976.