Metcalfe was a public school teacher in Kingston and later became an auctioneer.
He served six years on the Kingston city council.
Metcalfe resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1892 after being elected to the federal parliament.
Metcalfe served as Dominion Commissioner of Immigration for the North-West Territories and was warden of the Kingston Penitentiary from 1896 to 1899.
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