He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the latter institution, and entered the office of Holmstead & McCaughey in Seaforth as a law student.
He also worked for Foy & Tupper in Toronto before moving to Manitoba in 1882, where he completed his legal studies at the firm of Kennedy & Sutherland in Winnipeg.
Daly in a law business, and continued this partnership for twelve years before forming the firm of Coldwell, Coleman & Curran.
Coldwell was appointed as McInnis's successor in cabinet on November 14, 1907 and entered the legislature by winning a by-election in Brandon City a few days later.
He insisted these were only meant to clarify existing provisions, but many Manitobans believed that the Roblin government wanted to reintroduce funding for separate Catholic schools.
[1] In 1915, the Roblin administration was forced to resign from office after a report commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor found the government guilty of corruption in the tendering of contracts for new legislative buildings.