He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1910 until his death, representing South Province.
He then went to Coolgardie in Western Australia, where he continued as a miner and became involved in trade union work before moving to Kalgoorlie in 1899.
He was secretary of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder branch of the Westralian Federated Miners' Union from 1899 to 1911, was vice-president of the Goldfields Trades and Labour Council in 1903, was appointed a justice of the peace in 1904 and was a regular contributor to The Worker.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for South Province at the 1908 biennial Legislative Council elections.
[1][5][6][7] He died in office in the Perth suburb of Subiaco in January 1928 and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.