Percy Bayley

Percy Bayley
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Pittsworth
In office
22 May 1915 – 9 October 1920
Preceded by Donald MacKintosh
Succeeded by Cecil Roberts
Personal details
Born Percy Mollineux Bayley
(1879-12-21)21 December 1879
Franklin, Tasmania, Australia
Died 16 August 1942(1942-08-16) (aged 62)
Quinalow, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Nationality Australian
Political party Queensland Farmers Union
Spouse(s) Mary Elizabeth Evans (m.1904 d.1968)
Alma mater Gatton Agricultural College
Occupation Farmer
Religion Congregationalist

Percy Mollineux Bayley (21 December 1879[1] – 16 August 1942) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2]

Biography

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. He was the manager of the Pittsworth Co-Op Dairy Association in 1899.[2]

On 6 September 1904 he married Mary Elizabeth Evans[2] (died 1968)[3] and together had two sons and three daughters.[2] Bayley died in August 1942[2] and was buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[4]

Public life

Bayley, a member of the Queensland Farmers Union, won the seat of Pittsworth in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1915 state election.[5] He remained the member for five years before losing his seat in 1920.[6] He was by then an Independent Country Party representative.

References

  1. 1 2 Bayley,Percy Mollineux – Tasmanian Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Family history research – Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Deceased search] – Toowoomba Regional Council Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "COUNTRY ELECTORATES.". The Brisbane Courier (17,894). Queensland, Australia. 24 May 1915. p. 9. Retrieved 17 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "PITTSWORTH.". The Brisbane Courier (19,571). Queensland, Australia. 11 October 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Donald MacKintosh		 Member for Pittsworth
1915–1920 		Succeeded by
James Roberts


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