Ed Casey
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The Hon Ed Casey |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mackay |
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In office 17 May 1969 – 15 July 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Graham |
| Succeeded by | Tim Mulherin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Edmund Denis Casey 2 January 1933 Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 1 May 2006 (aged 73) Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (1969-1972, 1977-2006) |
| Other political affiliations |
Independent (1972-1977) |
| Occupation | Bank clerk, Carrier and contractor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Edmund Denis (Ed) Casey (2 January 1933 – 1 May 2006) was best known as the leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland between 1978 and 1982. He also served as Primary Industries Minister in the government of Wayne Goss between 1989 and 1995. Casey was the member for Mackay in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 1969 and 1995.
Of Irish Catholic background, Casey started his working life as a bank clerk before entering his family's construction business. He was active in local government, becoming deputy mayor of the City of Mackay. Shortly before the 1969 election, he won Labor Party preselection for the seat of Mackay in the state parliament. He lost preselection for the Labor Party in the mid-1970s but was re-elected twice as an independent.
Casey was readmitted to the Labor caucus in 1977. In November 1978 he became Labor leader, replacing Tom Burns who had resigned unexpectedly. He led Labor into the 1980 election but failed to make an impression on the Coalition Government led by Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and narrowly retained his leadership.
Casey made an offer to the Queensland Liberal Party after the 1980 election to join with the ALP to force a redistribution with one-vote-one-value. Relations between the Liberals and National Party in the Coalition were poor, with the Liberal Party disadvantaged by the electoral system in place. He renewed his offer in 1982 when relations within the Coalition were poor, but it was again rebuffed despite a Liberal Convention in June voting against the current electoral system. Casey lost the leadership of the ALP to Keith Wright in October 1982.
Casey was re-elected comfortably in the 1983 and 1986 election. By this stage, the popularity of the National Party Government had declined and the Coalition with the Liberals had ended. Wayne Goss was elected as the new Premier in late 1989 after the Fitzgerald Inquiry had uncovered serious problems with corruption in the Queensland police force.
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