Roy Hardeman Bailey (December 16, 1928 – December 13, 2018) was a

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politician. Formerly a member of the

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, Bailey joined the

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when the Social Credit and PC parties merged under the PC name in 1971. Bailey ran for the leadership of the Saskatchewan PC Party in 1973, placing second to

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. He was elected to the

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in the 1975 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative

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for

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, and served until 1978. Bailey was a school board trustee in the Borderland School Division (since consolidated into the

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) from 1984 to 1993. He was elected to the

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in 1997, representing the riding of

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for the

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and its successor, the

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, until 2004. He served as the Veterans Affairs critic for the Alliance. He did not seek re-election in the

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. Bailey was also variously an educational administrator, a farmer, and a teacher. He died on December 13, 2018.

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* 1928 births 2018 deaths People from Radville, Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Reform Party of Canada MPs Canadian Alliance MPs Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs {{ProgressiveConservative-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub