Ian Baker (politician)
Ian Malcolm John Baker (born 13 May 1944) is a former
He was born in
In 1988, Baker was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Sunshine. He quickly moved to the front bench, becoming Minister for Property Services in 1990 and moving to Agriculture in 1991. Following Labor's defeat in 1992 he was Shadow Treasurer (1992–94). He then went to the backbench after he was unsuccessful in his attempt to wrest the ALP leadership from John Brumby, the sitting leader. He lost the spill by a vote of 31 votes to Brumby to 8 for him. Despite being defeated by a wide margin it was believed that Baker had the numbers to beat Brumby thanks to a deal made by the Socialist Left and Labor Unity factions to install him as leader, a deal that was torn up when Brumby agreed to concessions made to the factions.[2]
He lost Labor preselection for Sunshine to
References
- ^ a b Parliament of Victoria (2008). "Baker, Ian Malcolm John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Factional deal props up Brumby". Canberra Times (Act : 1926 - 1995). 4 May 1994. p. 10.