Career
He worked as a coal miner in Wales, Alberta and Washington state. Williams also worked on railways in Ontario and British Columbia. Williams lived in Nanaimo.
In 1917, he resigned his seat in the assembly after he was named a commissioner for the Worker"s Compensation Board and he served in that function until he retired in April 1943.
He also was responsible for administering the Mothers Pension Acting and the Old Age Pension Acting. Williams died at the age of 85 on his farm near Ladysmith.
