[1] After serving in the Second Boer War, he moved to Fernie, British Columbia in 1904 and became a life insurance salesman.
The new British Columbia Social Credit League had won 19 seats, only one more than the CCF, led by Harold Winch.
Bennett had foreseen the CCF's argument and obtained Uphill's agreement that he would instead support Social Credit's bid to form the government.
By the time Social Credit was defeated in a motion of no confidence the next year, Uphill had changed his mind and pledged to support a CCF government.
An affordable living facility for seniors and people with disabilities, Tom Uphill Manor, was named in his honor.