Career
Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, he was elected as an alderman on the Moose Jaw City Council in 1948. Lewry later became mayor of the city in 1950 and served in this role until 1956. He had 13 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
He ran again in 1958, losing widely to J. Ernest Pascoe in the Diefenbaker landslide.
Pascoe was the same Conservative candidate he had defeated a year earlier. He then served as Mayor again, from 1965 to 1970 and, in a third term of office, from 1983 to 1988.