Percy Bayley

Percy Mollineux Bayley (21 December 1879[1] – 16 August 1942) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1915 to 1920.[2]

Percy Bayley
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Pittsworth
In office
22 May 1915 – 9 October 1920
Preceded byDonald MacKintosh
Succeeded byCecil Roberts
Personal details
Born
Percy Mollineux Bayley

(1879-12-21)21 December 1879
Franklin, Tasmania, Australia
Died16 August 1942(1942-08-16) (aged 62)
Quinalow, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
NationalityAustralian
Political partyQueensland Farmers Union
Spouse(s)Mary Elizabeth Evans (m.1904 d.1968)
Alma materGatton Agricultural College
OccupationFarmer

Bayley was born at Franklin, Tasmania, the son of James Mollineux Bayley and his wife Mary Alice (née Frencham).[1] He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and then attended the Gatton Agricultural College, where he studied cheese and butter making. Following his graduation from Gatton, he was appointed manager of the Pittsworth Co-Op Dairy Association in 1899. Bayley successfully expanded the company's operations, establishing branches across the district and turning around the company's fortunes, although an attempt at establishing a butter factory was less successful.[3]

Bayley, a member of the Queensland Farmers Union, won the seat of Pittsworth in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1915 state election.[4] He was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in the same year, suffering head injuries so severe that "his recovery was regarded as miraculous". Bayley was re-elected as an "Independent Nationalist" in 1918 after a deal to swap contingency votes with the endorsed National candidate. However, in 1920, with the increasing formalisation of a Country Party, he fell out with the Primary Producers' Union over the holding of a preselection plebiscite, withdrew his name from contention, and contested the election as an "Independent Country Party" candidate.[5][6] He was soundly defeated at the 1920 election by endorsed Country Party candidate Cecil Roberts.[7] Bayley was the chairman of the Pittsworth State School Committee, and one of his achievements as a state MP was achieving the relocation of the school to a more suitable site.[8][3]

Bayley became a farmer after his political career, owning a property at Brookstead for many years before selling and purchasing a property at Oakey. He worked the Oakey property with one of his sons until his death. He died at Quinalow in 1942 and was buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[9][3][10]

Bayley married Mary Elizabeth Evans[2] (died 1968)[11] on 6 September 1904 and together had two sons and three daughters.[2]

His sister, Irene Longman, was the first woman to stand and be elected to the Queensland Parliament, while his brother, James Bayley, was a long-serving federal MP who also had a brief stint as a state MP.[12][13]

References
  1. Bayley,Percy Mollineux – Tasmanian Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. "OBITUARY". Pittsworth Sentinel. 42. Queensland, Australia. 19 August 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "COUNTRY ELECTORATES". The Brisbane Courier (17, 894). Queensland, Australia. 24 May 1915. p. 9. Retrieved 17 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "OBITUARY". Pittsworth Sentinel. 42. Queensland, Australia. 19 August 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "STATE POLITICS". Darling Downs Gazette (9169). Queensland, Australia. 13 September 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "THE ELECTIONS". The Bundaberg Mail. 50 (7, 208). Queensland, Australia. 18 October 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "PITTSWORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL". Darling Downs Gazette (9239). Queensland, Australia. 6 December 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Deceased search – Toowoomba Regional Council Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  10. Wikipedia citation "OBITUARY". The Courier-mail (2812). Queensland, Australia. 9 September 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. Family history research – Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  12. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  13. "WYNNUM SEAT". The Brisbane Courier (23, 428). Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Donald Mackintosh		 Member for Pittsworth
1915–1920		 Succeeded by
Cecil Roberts
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