[8] Jones was born on October 6, 1910, at his family home on Churchill Avenue to William Donald Jones, a Canadian bicycle rider champion[2] and son of a Welsh immigrant,[4] and Elizabeth Harriet Sullivan,[2] a descendant of a pioneering family who operated a farm in the City View area.
In his youth he worked as a cake baker at Standard Bread, as an office boy and a clerk in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
[13] While a member of the Nepean council, Jones supported the annexation of the entirety of the Township into Ottawa, but preferred ratepayers have a say on the matter.
[15] With the urban northern part of Nepean Township set to be annexed by Ottawa in 1950, Jones ran to represent part of newly annexed territory (Westboro Ward) on Ottawa City Council in a special election held on December 19, 1949.
[16] Jones declared that his first action as an alderman would be extending water mains and sewers into the newly annexed territory.
[20] Jones ran again for a spot on the Board in the 1954 Ottawa municipal election, and this time was successful, finishing fourth with 28,385 votes.
[22] Jones was re-elected to the Board of Control in the 1956 Ottawa municipal election, finishing in second place and winning 26,480 votes.
[30] During the term of office, Jones grew increasingly frustrated with the mayorship of Charlotte Whitton, and was "tired of angry fights and arguments" on council.
[32] During the 1965–66 term, Jones continued his work as the chief organizer of the Winter Carnival, and was the "architect" of a new equipment pool, and was the negotiator with civic unions at contract time.
[33] Jones was re-elected to his board seat in the 1966 Ottawa municipal election, this time placing fourth with 39,488 votes.
[40] After promising to retire from politics at the end of his term, mayor Pierre Benoit convinced Jones to run for re-election to the Board of Control in the 1972 Ottawa municipal election.
[39] He also stressed his past accomplishments, access to power-holders at senior levels of government, and his experience, which would balance the "youthful board of control".
[40] Jones officially resigned his position at London Life Insurance January 1, 1973 to focus entirely on his job at city hall.
[42] During his final term, he worked to expand the Highland Games competitions at Lansdowne Park, which he helped launch in 1971.