Career
He represented Burin in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1873 to 1878 as a Conservative. He was born in Exeter and came to Newfoundland in 1842 as a clerk. Ayre served in the Legislative Council of Newfoundland from 1879 to 1889 and was a minister without portfolio in the Executive Council in 1885.
He died in Saint John"s at the age of 69.