Career
He represented Melville from 1935 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in Miniota, Manitoba, the son of David Gerrand and Alice Cole, and was educated in Portage la Prairie and at the University of Manitoba. Gerrand lived in Melville, Saskatchewan.
He was elected to the assembly in a 1935 by-election held after James Garfield Gardiner was named to the federal cabinet.