Born in Virginia, Ontario, he married Angelina Hodgson in Toronto in 1898, and moved his growing family to Steelton, Ontario (later merged with Sault Ste.
Marie as a member of the Conservatives, and served as Minister of Lands and Forests in the government of Howard Ferguson from 1923 to 1926.
As minister, his major contribution was the creation of the Ontario Provincial Air Service in 1924.
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