Career
He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, the son of Aaron Dewhurst and Amelia Cameron, and was educated in the Barrier Lake area. Dewhurst married Doris Stewart. He farmed in the Archerwill district until 1967, when he moved to Wynyard.
He was first elected to the Saskatchewan assembly in an 1945 by-election held after George Hara Williams resigned his seat.
He served as speaker for the assembly from 1962 to 1964 and from 1971 to 1975. Dewhurst retired from politics in 1975.
