He retired from politics in 1964 without ever having lost a municipal election; in fact, the only break in his twenty-four years as alderman took place from September to October 1959 when he was appointed mayor by city council to replace William Hawrelak, who had resigned.

At the time of his retirement, he was the longest serving alderman in Edmonton's history, although both Ed Leger and Ron Hayter have since surpassed him.

He fared only slightly better in his second and final attempt in the 1955 provincial election, when he finished twenty-third out of thirty candidates in the same riding.

He served on the city's development appeal board, and was a lifetime member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

He was involved in Roebuck’s Bill 89, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission Act, 1935, which was designed to repudiate hydroelectricity contracts signed by the Conservative government with four Quebec companies.