Career
Ellis primarily served in the Canadian Military. He joined in 1932 and rose through the ranks to become head of The Calgary Highlanders. He retired from active service in 1945 and bought a Chrysler dealership in High River, Alberta.
He became mayor until 1952 and served that position for 12 years until 1964.
In 1959 after the Liberal Conservative Coalition fell apart he ran as an Independent and lost to Ernest George Hansell from Social Crown In 1967 he became Town Manager of Hinton, Alberta.
In 1975 he became Head of Tax Research Council. In his final years he moved to Adams Lake, British Columbia.
In his honor the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary holds an annual lecture series in his name.
