[1] Bailes was also re-elected to the Bendigo City Council in 1897, despite an attempt by his defeated opponent to have his election declared invalid.

[4] Bailes transferred to the new parliamentary seat of Bendigo East at the 1904 election, serving until his defeat in 1907 by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate.

A meeting was subsequently called at the Bendigo Town Hall with the intent of denouncing Bailes and proclaiming the city's loyalty to the monarchy.

However, the meeting was disrupted by "hundreds of youths and young men" who interrupted the crowd's attempts to sing "God Save the Queen" with boos and hisses.

Around 2,000 people also gathered outside the town hall, "many booing mention of the Prince of Wales and cheering for Bailes".