Jim Baker, incumbent Conservative in Labrador west announced today he won’t be seeking re-election in the fall.
Baker claims he made the decision in 2007. Odds are you’d have a very, very hard time finding anyone who voted for Baker or the Pavement Putin who can recall that they announced their intentions before polling day in 2007.
More importantly, though, Baker is another sign that the December deal is crumbling. Back then, all the incumbents would have sworn on a stack of His Speeches that they’d run again.
Now?
They are walking to the exit, one by one.
Baker’s an interesting one though because he only has a few years in office. He won first in a by-election in 2007 and then got re-elected in the October 2007 general election. In other words, Baker doesn’t appear to be eligible for a pension.
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