Career
He represented the riding of Carleton. He was born in March Township, Ontario, Carleton County, Ontario, the son of George H. Acres. His farm was situated on Britannia Bay on the Ottawa River.
Acres served as reeve for the township from 1913 to 1916.
Acres was a candidate in the 1936 Conservative leadership convention placing sixth. He continued to sit in the legislature as a Tory backbencher until the 1948 Ontario election, when he retired from politics.
