He is currently (2016) the member of parliament for the constituency of Saint Andrew North Eastern and the Minister of Justice.
He joined the Jamaica Labour Party in 1995 and first contested St. Andrew North Eastern seat in 1997, an election in which he was victorious.
He attended Ritchies Primary School, Clarendon, from 1955 to 1962, where he was successful in his Common Entrance Examination.
He left Kingston College with five 'A' levels and a scholarship to University of the West Indies, where he earned a BSc (Hons) in special mathematics.
In 1972, Chuck was elected the 1973 Jamaica's Rhodes Scholar and attended St Catherine's College, Oxford, from 1973 to 1976, where he studied Law and graduated with a B.A.