He represented the electoral district of Hants West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1970.
[1] Born in 1911 at Ellershouse, Nova Scotia, Spence was a farmer and lumberman by career.
[2] His brother Harley J. Spence also served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
[2] Spence entered provincial politics in the 1963 election, winning the Hants West riding by over 1300 votes.
[3] He was re-elected in the 1967 election, defeating Liberal Robert D. Lindsay by 284 votes.