Other than his two years as MPP, he was an Anglican priest and archdeacon serving in Ontario and British Columbia.
[1] He served as a minister throughout Canada and was later chaplain of Huron University College and associate professor of pastoral theology at the University of Western Ontario as well as Archdeacon of Bishop Cronyn Memorial Anglican Church in London, Ontario.
[3] His victory was credited to campaigning on the issue of Medicare at a time when the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts was reluctant to join the plan.
He also served for a short time in 1975 as acting secretary of the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund.
[1] Later, he assisted at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Anglican Church in London, Ontario before moving to British Columbia in 1995 to be closer to his children.