Career
He represented Cypress from 1888 to 1892 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. He was born in Stoke, the son of Reverend Wood, the rector at Grindon. Wood was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Manitoba assembly in 1892.
Later that year, he was named an agent for the Manitoba government stationed in Birmingham to promote immigration.
After this appointment ended in 1897, he trained as a clergyman at Lichfield Theological College.
