Background
He was born in Lucan, Canada West and became an automobile dealer and farmer.
He was born in Lucan, Canada West and became an automobile dealer and farmer.
From 1908 to 1912, Hodgins served as a reeve of Biddulph Township, Ontario. In 1912, he was a warden for Middlesex County, Ontario. He was first elected to Parliament at the Middlesex East riding in the 1925 general election and re-elected there in the 1926 election.
After completing two terms in the House of Commons, Hodgins left federal politics and did not seek re-election in the 1930 vote.
