He was born in Bendigo, Victoria.
In 1922 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the Independent member for Gordon, serving until his defeat in 1928.
[1] He was the representative in the Legislative Council of the Australian Labor Party government led by Joseph Lyons until its defeat in 1928.
He stood as a Senate candidate for the Nationalist Party at the 1928 federal election but was not elected.
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