Career
He was born in Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland in 1856. He joined the Whakatane Road Board in 1899, and served as the first chairman of the Whakatane County Council from 1900.
He was born in Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland in 1856. He joined the Whakatane Road Board in 1899, and served as the first chairman of the Whakatane County Council from 1900.
He became a member of the Coromandel County Council in the 1880s.