He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1903 to 1906, representing the electorate of North Esk.
[1][2][3] He was the grandson of prominent pastoralist and former convict David Gibson, and inherited the family's (now-historic) "Pleasant Banks" estate.
[8][9] He supported government retrenchment as opposed to taxation, the reduction in size of both Houses of Parliament and the ministry, abolishing the position of Agent-General and "[doing] without" a Governor when that role became vacant.
[9] He contested the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of Westmorland in 1907, but was unsuccessful.
He died in Hobart in December 1941 and was buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetery.