Education
He studied at the University of Toronto and Queen"s University.
He studied at the University of Toronto and Queen"s University.
He represented Toronto East and then Toronto Northeast in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1898 to 1918. He was born in Newmarket, Canada West, the son of Doctor Thomas Pyne. Pyne served as secretary and treasurer for the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He practiced medicine in Toronto and also served on the Toronto school board and Board of Health.
He served as assistant surgeon in the local militia. Pyne was Minister of Education from 1905 to 1918.
He resigned his seat in 1918 and was named clerk for York County. Pyne was also a governor for the University of Toronto.
He was put in charge of establishing a military hospital in England, at which time he was made a lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Army.