[2] He was elected as the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Arm River, from 1928 until 1929.
He was elected in a by-election, replacing long-time Liberal MLA and former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly George Adam Scott, but only served for seven months before the legislature was dissolved.
In the next general election he lost out to the Conservative candidate, Duncan Selby Hutcheon.
[3] In the 1930s he moved to Mankota, Saskatchewan where he practiced as municipal doctor for a few years.
He was married to Mary Wadge, and had two daughters: Vera (Hartley), a dietician for the Misacordia Hospital in New York; and Helen (Binkley), a registered nurse.