Career
Under his tenure the city developed a street car system, sidewalks, road grades and water connections. He was a lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps in the North-West Rebellion in 1885 and was wounded in the Battle of Batoche. From 1898 to 1900, he was mayor of Vancouver.
He ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Burrard in the 1900 federal election.
He was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a British Columbia Conservative Party Modern Language Association for Vancouver City in 1900 and re-elected in 1903 and 1907. He died of a stroke at his home at 679 Granville Street, Vancouver.
