Career
He represented Queen"s County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1892 to 1908 as a Liberal member. His first name also appears as Laughlan or Lauchlan in some sources. He was born in Whites Cove, New Brunswick, the son of John Farris and Sarah McLean, and educated in Fredericton.
Farris married Louise Hay.
He served on the province"s Executive Council as a minister without portfolio and then as Commissioner for Agriculture.