Born in Quorn, South Australia, he was educated at Rostrevor College.

[1][2] In January 1948, he became state industrial officer of the Australian Workers' Union, in which capacity he was credited with resisting an attempt by the communist-dominated Miners' Federation to recruit AWU members at the Leigh Creek mine.

[1][3][4] In 1951, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as a member of the Labor Party, defeating Liberal MP Jim Handby for the seat of Kingston.

He held the seat until 1966, when he was defeated by Liberal candidate Kay Brownbill.

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