Ray Bailey

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{{About|the Australian politician|the English cricketer and football (soccer) player|Raymond Bailey (sportsman)}}

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Raymond Frederick Bailey (25 November 1935 – 15 February 2012) was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. He was first elected to the now abolished Division of Cornwall on 26 May 1990. He was re-elected in the 1996 Cornwall election.

Bailey became President of the Legislative Council on 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; this new electorate included much of Cornwall anyway. He retired in 2002, and died in 2012.{{cite news|title=Former upper house president dies|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-16/former-upper-house-president-dies/3834372|accessdate=12 February 2018|work=ABC News|date=16 February 2012|language=en-AU}}