Background
He was born in Griffith to fruit farmers John Channon and Kate Mary Gertrude Erskine.
He was born in Griffith to fruit farmers John Channon and Kate Mary Gertrude Erskine.
He was educated locally and followed his father as an orchardist, moving into rice, cattle and wheat from 1954.
Erskine died at Griffith in 2008.
A member of the Liberal Party, he served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1978.