He worked for a while as a solicitor in Bordertown before being nominated by the Liberal and Country League in 1932 to the Southern district seat on the South Australian Legislative Council, made vacant by the death of Sir Lancelot Stirling.
He worked for a while as a solicitor in Bordertown prior to entering politics. In 1932, he was elected unopposed as a Liberal and Country League member of the South Australian Legislative Council for the Southern District, following the death in office of Sir Lancelot Stirling.