Career
He represented Twillingate in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1919 to 1923. He was born in Flat Islands, Bonavista Bay and worked as a teacher in Catalina and Greenspond. In 1923, he was appointed to a position in the Customs department and moved to Saint John"son
He began writing poetry later in life and published a small volume of poems in 1952.
