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Government Bailey initially retained a frontbench seat and from 1975 to 1979 he was Shadow Minister of Works and Development. In December 1979, impending retirement, he decided against standing for re-election to the Shadow Cabinet. He
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Shirley for 29 years, when she died. They had one daughter and one son. When first elected his MP salary was so low they could not afford either a car or house. He used to travel by bicycle and the pair lived in workers' sheds alongside the
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338:Ronald Leslie Bailey
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1285:1974–1975
1180:References
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694:Rex Kirton
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