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. 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. 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. At the last election which he contested (1992), he achieved the rare feat of winning every single voting booth in the constituency. References External links Courier Mail "Ed Casey dies" 2 May 2006 AAP News on Yahoo "Former Qld ALP boss Casey a visionary" 2 May 2006 2004 Queensland Elections Mackay on ABC Online Photo here: 1933 births 2006 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Australian people of Irish descent Leaders of the Opposition in Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians