[1] Lewis owned a bowling alley in New Toronto and his daughter, Beryl, became a champion swimmer with the Lakeshore Swim Club.
[1] In 1955, Lewis ran for, and won, the nomination as the PC candidate for the newly created riding of Humber.
At that time, it was possible to serve in more than one political office, in Ontario, and Lewis subsequently won in the 1955 provincial general election.
[4] Lewis served as a backbench member of a succession of PC majority governments led by Premiers Leslie Frost and then John Robarts.
After leaving provincial politics, Lewis moved to Mara Township on the shores of Lake Simcoe, where he had a cottage.