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to enter federal politics, and Bailey contested the resulting by-election as an independent. Bailey declared that his "great offence in the eyes of the political bosses" had been that he "placed his country before party" and had "committed the terrible crime of defying the bosses"; he denied having broken or infringed upon the Labor platform or policies. The Labor Party responded that he had "wilfully adopted a policy contrary to the decision of the ALP". Bailey had been a favourite to win the bitter by-election contest, but was defeated by
156:), and when it was opposed by much of the Victorian party in 1932, Bailey stood with Hogan, declaring that he was "four square with Mr. Hogan on the Premiers' Plan" and cabling Hogan to tell him of his "unswerving loyalty". The state party retracted its endorsement of his candidacy for that year's election on 28 April, and he stood as an independent Labor candidate at the May election, but was defeated by
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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 was being touted as a potential candidate
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January 1933 state conference, during which he pledged not to challenge an endorsed Labor candidate if rejected, but met with strong union resistance and was unsuccessful by a vote of 117-62. Fairbairn, who had defeated Bailey in 1932, resigned in 1933
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District Agricultural and Pastoral Association. He was also president of the local Political Labor Council and district council and a several-time member of the state executive of the
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in 1934 and won his old seat back for his new party in 1935, subsequently serving as
Minister Without Portfolio (1935–36), Minister of Labour (1936), Chief Secretary (1936-43) and Attorney-General (1938–43) in the
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Blanche Mary Nicholson in February 1902, but she died in February 1914, four days after giving birth to twin sons. He remarried to Elizabeth Gibson in August 1928 and had two more sons and a daughter.
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599:"WARRNAMBOOL BY-ELECTION MR. BAILEY'S VIEWS"
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