The Nova Scotia MP ousted from the federal Conservative caucus last spring for his stand on the offshore accords has one high-profile supporter — the newly re-elected premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Danny Williams said Thursday that he would come to Nova Scotia to campaign for Bill Casey in the next federal election.

"I like Bill Casey. I like the way Bill Casey thinks. He's a Nova Scotia patriot and he stood up for what he believed in. Now Stephen Harper basically says he wants to ostracize him," Williams told CBC News.

"He's not going to support him (Casey) during the next election, and here's one person who'll be supporting him, I can tell you that."

Casey has been sitting as an Independent MP for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley since being kicked out of the Conservative caucus in June when he voted against the federal budget because it altered the equalization formula to include offshore oil and gas revenues.

At the time, Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald praised Casey for voting against the federal budget and called on all Nova Scotia MPs to do the same because the province and federal government had reached a deal in 2005 to allow the province to keep its offshore resources money.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced he had reached an agreement with MacDonald over the accord. Newfoundland and Labrador remains at odds with Ottawa.

Harper also said that Casey would not be welcomed back into the caucus, nor would he be running for the Conservatives again.

When MacDonald was asked by reporters Thursday whether he would support Casey in a federal election campaign, he said: "I plan on supporting the Conservative government federally, as I have always done."

Justice Minister Murray Scott is one Tory MLA who is ready to back Casey.

"Bill's a good friend, and he's helped me on many occasions, and we've worked together and I will stand with Bill Casey," he said.

Casey was re-elected in 2006 to his fourth consecutive term. He defeated his four challengers by winning more than 50 per cent of the vote.