He represented St. John's City West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1928 to 1932 as a Liberal.
[2] The son of Edmund Fitzgibbon,[3] he was born in St. John's and was educated at St. Patrick's Hall.
He was elected to St. John's municipal council in 1925 and served as deputy mayor.
He returned to municipal politics and was elected to St. John's council three more times.
From 1949 until his death in 1960, he was chief returning officer for the federal St. John's West riding.