Career
He represented The Battlefords in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1917 to 1929 as a Liberal. He was born in Darlingford, Manitoba, the son of Sidney James Pickel and Catherine Blair, and was educated in Morden. Pickel moved to Saskatchewan in 1903.
He started a business in Battleford the following year and moved to North Battleford in 1905.
Pickel married Flora Mae Struther.