Henry Bailey (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Henry Bailey (Australian politician)
- Henry Stephen Bailey (9 September 1876 – 26 July 1962) was an Australian politician. Born in Ballarat East to stoker Thomas William Bailey and Margaret Kemple, he attended state school and St Patrick's College before becoming a law clerk at Ballarat and Port Fairy.
- On 11 February 1902 he married Blanche Mary Nicholson, with whom he had two sons; he would later marry Elizabeth Gibson on 23 August 1928 and have three children.
- In 1902 he served in South Africa as a lieutenant in the 4th Battalion; he was a councillor at Port Fairy from 1906 to 1915, serving as mayor from 1912 to 1913.
- In 1914 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Port Fairy (he would switch seats to Warrnambool in 1927).
- In July 1924 he was appointed Minister of Lands and Water Supply, serving until November and again from May 1927 to November 1928 and from December 1929 to May 1932.
- In 1932 he was expelled from the Labor Party for supporting the Premiers' Plan to fight the Depression, and he was defeated in the election later that year.
- After contesting a by-election for his old seat in 1933 as an Independent candidate, he joined the Country Party in 1934 and was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly for Warrnambool in 1935, being immediately appointed minister without portfolio.
- He was given the Labour portfolio in June 1936 and was promoted to Attorney-General in April 1938, serving until September 1943.
- He held his seat until 1950, when he was defeated.
- Bailey died at St Kilda.
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