Born in Australia, Ware became a stonemason and joined the Sydney Operative Masons' Society.
He represented the union at a conference in Sydney which formally established the Australian Labor Party.
[1][2] On 1 February 1906, Ware won a seat on Johannesburg Town Council, through a by-election for Fordsburg.
One of the most conservative trade union leaders, he argued that only white workers should be permitted to undertake skilled work.
[1][2] In 1910, Ware was appointed as one of two vice presidents of the newly founded South African Labour Party.