He represented Lisgar in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1915 as a Conservative.
Sharpe sat for Manitou division in the Senate of Canada from 1916 to 1942.
[1] He was born in Scott Township, Ontario, the son of George Sharpe and Mary Ann Simpson, and was educated in Uxbridge and Belleville.
He was married twice: to Cora Alice Bustin in 1891 and to Ida J. Armstrong in 1900.
[2] His brother Samuel Simpson Sharpe also served in the House of Commons.