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

Dick Collver Richard Lee Collver (February 13, 1936 – August 7, 2014) led the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 1973 to 1978. Born in Toronto, Collver earned an arts degree in economics from the University of Alberta, and articled as ...

. He was elected to the

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in the 1975 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative

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for Rosetown-Elrose, 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 2004 election. 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 Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Reform Party of Canada MPs Canadian Alliance MPs Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs People from Radville, Saskatchewan 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub