He represented Fortune Bay in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1972 as a Liberal.
[1] The son of Augustus Oldford and Hilda Rose, he was born in Burnside and was educated there and at Memorial University College.
He taught school for four years and then worked as a welfare officer at Jackson's Arm from 1951 to 1958.
He then served as a magistrate until 1971, when he stepped down from the bench to enter provincial politics.
He was named a magistrate in March 1972 and served in Grand Falls and Wabush-Labrador City.