Ray Bailey
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Raymond Frederick Bailey (born; 25 November 1935, Rossarden
Rossarden, Tasmania
Rossarden is an old mining town in central Tasmania, located 19 km from Avoca. Located in a valley below Stacks Bluff , it is an old tin mining town, the mine closed in 1982. Prior to this Rossarden was one of Australia's major tin producing towns...

) is a former member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...

. He was first elected to the now abolished Division of Cornwall
Cornwall (Tasmania electorate)
The Electoral division of Cornwall was an electoral division in the Tasmanian Legislative Council of Australia. It was abolished in 1999 after the Legislative Council was reduced from 19 members to 15....

 on the 26 May 1990. He was re-elected in the 1996 Cornwall
Cornwall (Tasmania electorate)
The Electoral division of Cornwall was an electoral division in the Tasmanian Legislative Council of Australia. It was abolished in 1999 after the Legislative Council was reduced from 19 members to 15....

 election.

Bailey became President of the Legislative Council on the 17 June 1997 a position which he held until 4 May 2002.

In 1999 a redistribution tribunal abolished his electorate of Cornwall, because of the reduction in the size of parliament. Instead he automatically became member for Rosevears
Electoral division of Rosevears
The electoral division of Rosevears is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian upper house. The division is located on the west side of the Tamar River...

, this new electorate included much of Cornwall anyway. He retired in 2002.
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