Career
First elected in the general election in 1943, Goodfellow was re-elected in the general elections in 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955 and 1959. On January 7, 1946, he was appointed as the Minister of Public Welfare, a position he held until August 17, 1955. From August 17, 1955 until November 1, 1956, he served as Minister of Municipal Affairs.
Foreign several months, he held two Ministerial positions as, on August 1, 1956, he was also appointed as the Minister of Agriculture.
He kept that portfolio until November 8, 1961, at which time he was named as the Minister of Highways. On October 25, 1962, he gave up that position and served as Minister without portfolio until the end of his fifth term in office.
In October 1963, Goodfellow retired from political life. Goodfellow was born on the family farm in Northumberland County, Ontario.
He attended Warkworth High School and the Ontario Agricultural College.
In 1922, he was elected as a Councillor in Brighton Township, later becoming Deputy-Reeve and then Reeve. They had five children. in 1963, Goodfellow was remarried, this time to Barbara Calderwood (January 6, 1910 – 1993). He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Brighton, Ontario.
