Career
He represented Nanaimo and the Islands in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1963 as a Social Cr member. He was the son of Joseph Ampere-hour Westwood and Mary Smith. Westwood owned the Westwood Funeral Home.
He also served as chairman of the local school board.
Westwood ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1953. He was defeated by David Stupich when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1963.
After leaving politics, Westwood served as British Columbia"s agent general in London. He retired from that post in October 1968.
He died in Nanaimo at the age of 70.
