He was the assistant manager for the party's campaign in Ottawa South in the 1967 Ontario general election, and was president of the riding association.
[4] He also believed senior government "must be persuaded to help finance rapid transit and bus service", and opposed "centralization of police, fire-fighting and transportation systems.
[14] A month later, he was appointed to the city's new committee on air and water pollution, which included four aldermen and five members of the public.
[20] He supported a community information centre in southeast Ottawa,[21] and opposed a plan to build a development for senior citizens on Walkley Road.
[30] King was again rumoured to be interested in higher office, this time to seek the Liberal Party of Canada nomination in Ottawa Centre for the 1972 Canadian federal election.
[32] For the 1972 year on council, King was re-appointed to the Canada's Capital Visitors' Convention Bureau, and was appointed to the Air and water pollution committee and as a Riverside Hospital trustee.
[34] King was one of four councillors to oppose a proposed bylaw that would abolish provincial residency requirements for city employees.
[38] Following a vacancy on Ottawa's Board of Control in September 1972, King voted for fellow alderman and Liberal Tom McDougall to fill the spot over Des Bender.
He also voted for controller Lorry Greenberg over Ernie Jones to become deputy mayor when that position became vacant at the same time.
[39] King opposed a proposal to lower the speed limits on city streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour, stating that "[i]t's unenforceable.
[40] Toward the end of the term, King voted against a temporary development control in Sandy Hill and the Pinecrest-Queensway areas,[41] and opposed a bid to have taxpayers produce $143,830 to buy paid-up pensions for councillors.
[47] One issue King had to contend with as President was a handful of riding associations made public rejections of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's comments that "permanent controls on big business and labor (sic) may replace the traditional free enterprise system".
King was the official agent of the Bryce Mackasey campaign in the 1978 federal by-election in Ottawa Centre.
At the time of the appointment, King was working as a lawyer at Macdonald Affleck and Cooligan, and was a member of two parishes; Immaculate Heart of Mary and Resurrection of Our Lord.