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Ed Casey (Edmund Denis Casey) was born on 2 January, 1933 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, is an Australian politician. Discover Ed Casey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Edmund Denis Casey
Occupation Bank Clerk · Carrier · Politician
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 2 January, 1933
Birthday 2 January
Birthplace Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Date of death 1 May, 2006
Died Place Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1933

Edmund Denis Casey (2 January 1933 – 1 May 2006), known as Ed, was best known as the leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland between 1978 and 1982.

1969

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.

1972

He lost preselection for the Labor Party in 1972, after opposing the then dominant, left-wing faction in Trades Hall.

But he was re-elected twice without Labor Party endorsement, as an independent Labor candidate, for example running under the banner of 'The True Labor Party'.

1977

Casey was readmitted to the Labor caucus in 1977.

1978

In November 1978 he became Labor leader, replacing Tom Burns who had resigned unexpectedly.

1980

He led Labor into the 1980 election but failed to achieve more than a small swing against the Coalition Government led by Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and as a result his own authority within the state ALP was diminished.

Casey made an offer to the Queensland Liberal Party after the 1980 election to form a bipartisan alliance, with the aim of opposing the electoral malapportionment from which Bjelke-Petersen benefited, and of putting in its place a system of one-vote-one-value.

Relations between the Liberals and the National Party in the Coalition were poor, with the Liberal Party being disadvantaged (though less severely than the ALP) by the prevailing pro-National gerrymander.

1982

Casey renewed his offer in 1982 when relations within the Coalition were still bad, but the offer was again rebuffed, despite a Liberal Convention in June voting against the existing electoral system.

The following October, Casey lost the ALP leadership to Keith Wright.

1983

Casey remained popular in his electorate, despite no longer being party leader, and was re-elected comfortably in both the 1983 and the 1986 elections.

1986

By 1986, the popularity of the National Party had declined and the Coalition with the Liberals had acrimoniously ended.

1989

He also served as Primary Industries Minister in the government of Wayne Goss between 1989 and 1995.

In late 1989 the ALP won its first Queensland election for 32 years.

Wayne Goss thus became the new Premier, after the Fitzgerald Inquiry had uncovered serious problems with corruption in the Queensland police force.

Goss appointed Casey as his Primary Industries Minister.

In this role, Casey reformed the sugar industry, established agricultural academies, and set up a drought relief task force.

1992

At the last election which he contested (1992), he achieved the rare feat of winning every single voting booth in the constituency.

1995

But his health had declined, with diabetes having aggravated his long-standing weight problems, and in 1995 he resigned from both the ministry and the parliament.

2006

He died of a stroke on 1 May 2006.

While Casey never became premier, and spent in opposition many of what should have been his most productive years, he remained a very popular member of his seat of Mackay.