He served in Newfoundland during WWII, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross.

These three members did not represent a specific constituency but instead spoke for the men and women serving overseas in the Second World War.

[1] In 1948, he was elected in the Calgary electoral district as a member of the Alberta Social Credit Party.

During his lengthy service as an MLA, he also became a member of Cabinet, serving initially as a Minister without Portfolio.

He was defeated in Calgary Currie in the 1971 Alberta general election by Fred Peacock of the Progressive Conservatives.