Former WA premier O'Connor dies, aged 86 February 26, 2013 - 1:19PM Former West Australian Premier Ray O'Connor, who was jailed for six months in the mid 1990's as part of the WA Inc scandal, has died. Mr O'Connor, who was 86, had spent the latter part of his life in a Perth nursing home. The Liberal was given the unenviable task of succeeding party icon Sir Charles Court when he resigned as Premier in 1982 - and lasted just over a year in the top job before losing the 1983 election. More than ten years later, the government's dodgy ties with big business, including Alan Bond, came back to haunt Mr O'Connor when he was convicted of stealing a $25,000 cheque from Bond Corporation. He was sentenced to six months in jail.