Background
He was born in Saint John"s, the son of George Henry Emerson.
He was born in Saint John"s, the son of George Henry Emerson.
He was educated at Saint Patrick"s Hall, at Saint Bonaventure"s College and at Ampleforth College in England.
He represented Placentia East from 1928 to 1932 and Saint John"s East from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Emerson was called to the bar in 1913 and practised in Saint John"son He served in the province"s cabinet as a minister without portfolio in 1924, as Minister of Justice from 1932 to 1934.
In the Commission of Government he was Commissioner of Defence from 1940 to 1944 and Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General from 1937 to 1940.
In 1944, he was knighted. He was Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1944 to 1949, thus being the first Chief Justice of the new province of Newfoundland and Labrador when the Dominion of Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949.
He died in Saint John"s in 1949.