He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong.
He became President of the Australian Natives' Association, Melbourne Branch at 21 years of age.
[1] Massey was elected as an alderman of the Brisbane City Council for the Toowong ward in 1931 and held that role until 1937.
[2] He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 2 April 1938 as a member of the United Australia Party.
He did not receive Queensland People's Party endorsement for the 1944 state election and ran as an independent, but he was defeated.