death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end occupation
victoria beach , nova scotia 16 february 2010 robert baden powell merryl lawton '' riding created '' victoria beach , nova scotia merryl lawton '' riding dissolved '' gordon balser liberal mla for digby mla for digby-annapolis 03 may 1918 1970 1988 1993 vera gertrude mcwhinnie joseph h. casey
 1984 1993 1997 fish plant operator , steamship pilot , politician
joseph h. casey

joseph henry `` joe '' casey -lrb- may 3 , 1918 -- february 16 , 2010 -rrb- was a fish plant operator , steamship pilot and political figure in nova scotia , canada .
he represented digby and then digby-annapolis in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1970 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1997 as a liberal member .
he was born in victoria beach , nova scotia , the son of john william casey and laura holmes .
in 1942 , casey married vera gertrude mcwhinnie .
during world war ii , he served in the canadian army from 1941 to 1942 and in the royal canadian navy from 1942 to 1946 .
casey did not run for reelection in 1984 .
casey published two autobiographical works : `` the wit and wisdom of joe casey '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- isbn 0-88999-562-1 `` the life and times of joe casey : from fish to politics '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- isbn 1-897426-02-x the ferry mv joe casey , named in his honour , operates on the bay of fundy between east ferry and tiverton in digby county .
casey died on february 16 , 2010 .
