Career
He was born in Holyrood, the son of John Lewis and Elizabeth Veitch, and was educated at Saint Bonaventure"s College and Dalhousie University. Lewis was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1926 and set up practice in Saint John"son He served in the Executive Council of Richard Squires as a minister without portfolio.
Lewis married Ella Roche.
In 1940, he was named King"s Counsel. Lewis served in Joey Smallwood"s cabinet as a minister without portfolio from 1951 to 1971.
In 1971, he left politics and continued to practice law, retiring shortly before his death in Saint John"s in 1985.
