Career
He represented the electoral district of Cumberland West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953. Born in 1916 at Victoria, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Giles graduated from Saint Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University, and was a lawyer by career. Giles entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Kenneth Judson Cochrane by 177 votes in the newly established Cumberland West riding.
He was defeated by Liberal Allison T. Smith when he ran for re-election in 1953.
In 1967, Giles was appointed a judge of the Provincial Magistrate"s Court. He died at Antigonish on October 23, 1970.
