Medal. Personal life Bailey was married to Shirley for 29 years, when she died. They had one daughter and one son. When first elected his MP salary was so low they could not afford either a car or house. He used to travel by bicycle and the pair lived in workers' sheds alongside the Hutt River. They were only able to purchase their own home after winning a bet on horse racing. His second wife was Barbara; she was the electorate secretary for Roger Douglas. They first met during the election campaign for the Mangere by-election in 1977. In 1979 they married, fellow Labour MP Russell Marshall (a Methodist minister) conducted the ceremony. They later moved to Auckland where they lived together until Bailey's death. Notes and references Notes References |- |- |- 1926 births 2015 deaths New Zealand Labour Party MPs Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand People from Napier, New Zealand People from Upper Hutt Companions of the Queen's Service Order New Zealand MPs for Hutt Valley electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School New Zealand real estate agents People educated at Wairoa College New Zealand justices of the peace 20th-century New Zealand people