Career
He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1888 to 1890. He was born in Maine and came to Antler Creek in 1861, constructing a number of sawmills in the area. Nason married Mary Watson in 1877.
He lived in Richfield.
He was elected to the assembly in an 1888 by-election held after Robert McLeese resigned his seat to run for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. Nason died in Victoria at the age of 53.