He was a Separate School trustee for the Roman Catholic board in Gloucester Township in the late 1950s.
[8] Ashe was re-elected in the 1985 election, which reduced Miller's Conservatives to minority government status.
[9] He was appointed as Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet on May 17, 1985, but accomplished little before Miller's government was defeated in the house in June.
[10] In opposition, he served as his party's critic for Revenue, the management board, and Financial Institutions.
[13][14] In 2003, Ashe was elected as a Trustee for the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington District School Board and he served one three-year term.