By 1918 he was President of the South Australian branch of the Labor Party, and in 1919 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the safe Labor seat of Hindmarsh in the working-class suburbs of Adelaide.
He was President of the South Australian branch of the Labor Party. This was by 1918. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the safe Labor seat of Hindmarsh in the working-class suburbs of Adelaide. This was in 1919.