Career
Dunlop was born in Pembroke, Ontario, the son of Arunah Dunlop and Mary Ellen Deacon. Dunlop worked as a clerk in his father"s hardware business for five years, becoming owner in 1897. He served on the town council for Pembroke.
Dunlop was president of the Pembroke Lumber Company and the Pembroke Electric Light Company.
He also was a director of the Eddy Match Company. He died in 1934.