He was a Country Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1947, representing the electorates of Bulla and Dalhousie (1944-1945) and Mernda (1945-1947).
[1] He returned to Victoria in 1928, running a Melbourne timber and hardware business until 1932, and was a dairy farmer at Greendale from 1932.
He was the treasurer and acting secretary of the Milk Producers Association at the time of his election.
[2][3] Webster was elected to the Legislative Assembly at a 1944 by-election for the seat of Bulla and Dalhousie following the death of Country Party MLA and Milk Producers' Association treasurer Reginald James.
He again contested Mernda in 1947, but was defeated by Liberal Party candidate Arthur Ireland.