Career
Werry ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Northwest Calgary riding of Calgary Bowness in the 1967 Alberta general election. Werry ran for a second term in office in Calgary-Foothills in the 1971 Alberta general election as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.
The Progressive Conservative party would form government in 1971.
Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. He died in a car accident in 1973.