Career
He represented Gloucester in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874. He came to Bonaventure, Quebec with his family while still young, soon afterwards moving to Bathurst, where he grew up. In 1857, Napier worked his way to the gold fields of Australia aboard the New Brunswick clipper Marco Polo.
Napier returned to Bathurst but spent his share of the profits.
He later moved to Ottawa and worked with a timber company operating on the Gatineau River. He later died in a cabin deep in the woods of the upper Ottawa Valley.
