Background
He was born in Redfern to labourer Patrick Carey and Margaret Fitzgerald.
He was born in Redfern to labourer Patrick Carey and Margaret Fitzgerald.
He was a union organiser with the Water and Sewerage Board Employees Association. Carey died at Petersham in 1928.
From 1919 to 1927 he was general secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party, and from 1925 to 1928 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.