Walter David Baker, PC (August 22, 1930 – November 13, 1983) was a Canadian parliamentarian and lawyer.
He received much of the popular blame for the defeat of the government in a Motion of no confidence on December 13, 1979 with the claim that the government fell because "Walter Baker couldn't count".
However, observers pointed out that targeting Baker as the scapegoat was unfair as he was House Leader, not Party Whip.
However, much of Baker's bill became part of the eventual Access to Information Act that was introduced by Liberal Solicitor-General Francis Fox in 1983 and passed by parliament into law.
[2] He was one of the founding partners of the law firm Bell Baker LLP located in Ottawa, Ontario.