Member of the Canadian Liberal Party who served in Parliament from 1940 to 1945.
He worked as a farmer who grew and canned fruit.
He was defeated by the same man, Frank Lennard, in the 1935 election and then again two terms later in 1945.
He married Lydia Victoria Bell on December 6, 1930.
He served in the Canadian Parliament when Canada supported British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in entering World War Two.