After attending St Joseph's School in Rozelle, he joined the Postmaster-General's department in 1886 and began a long-running position at the Balmain post-office.
In 1917 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Rozelle.
With the introduction of proportional representation he became a member for Balmain from 1920 to 1927, when he returned to Rozelle.
He had married his second wife, Mary Deal, around 1917, and she succeeded him as the Labor MP after he died in 1938.
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