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I'm unsure about the notability of this page. He would fail WP:POLITICIAN and doesn't seem to yet meet the GNG, although he may due if he receives more coverage in the months leading up to the election. Mattlore (talk) 22:23, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It's debatable, but he is arguably a "major local political figure who has received significant press coverage". You could say he's a major figure in that he is the leader of a registered party that at the last election came close to entering parliament. And he is mentioned in many news articles. So I'd say he meets the criteria. HenryCrun15 (talk) 12:59, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
As there are currently only four sources, two of which are press releases from his party and two are just election results stats, I very much doubt he reaches the "significant press coverage" level at the moment. Mattlore (talk) 22:57, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Well, we could move it back to the politics project draft biographies section. If Baker receives more coverage we can re-move the article. HenryCrun15 (talk) 23:35, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm fine with that if you think so. I should have gained more consensus for the move. However, I don't have a doubt that Baker will receive more coverage as the campaign for the election comes on, so I weakly oppose the move. J947 02:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The article now has seven independent sources cited (not counting party press statements and election results) which seems good enough for notability in my book Kiwichris (talk) 09:41, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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