BILL CASEY

:''Bill Casey can also refer to former CIA director, William J. Casey.''
'William D. Casey' (born February 19, 1945 in Amherst, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. Casey currently sits as an independent MP.
Casey was a businessman and stockbroker before going into politics. Casey was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada caucus in the Canadian House of Commons. He was first elected, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, to represent the riding of Cumberland—Colchester in the 1988 election. In common with almost every other PC Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1993 election he lost his seat, in his case being defeated by Liberal candidate Dianne Brushett.
In the 1997 election, he retook the seat, defeating Brushett, and has represented it since then. In 2004, the PC Party merged into the new Conservative Party.
He was the Deputy Whip of the Official Opposition from 2004 until the 2006 election, and had served as the Progressive Conservative critic of Transport, International Trade, National Revenue, and Foreign Affairs in the past.
When the Conservatives' 2007 budget was released, Casey praised it, saying "I have never seen a budget that has had more in it for the people of my riding than this one does."[1] However, on June 5 2007, he voted against it, claiming that it broke the Atlantic Accord with his province and Newfoundland and Labrador. He has since been expelled from the Conservative caucus, and sits as an Independent MP,[2] one of three in the current Parliament (the others being Quebec's André Arthur and Louise Thibault). He styles himself as an Independent Progressive Conservative.

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★ Official site

★ How'd They Vote?: Bill Casey's voting history and quotes