He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1939 to 1956 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Sheet Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the son of Alexander Cameron Rutledge and Ada Stewart Hartling.
He served as a lieutenant in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.
He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1939 by-election held after the death of William Duff Forrest.
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