He was a school trustee from 1960 to 1967, a councillor from 1968 to 1971, a
reeve from 1971 to 1973 and a regional councillor from 1973 to 1975. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the
1975 provincial election, defeating
Progressive Conservative Jim Allan by 1,955 votes in the rural riding of
Haldimand—Norfolk. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the
1977 election, and again in
1981,
1985 and
1987. He was defeated in the
1990 provincial election, losing to
NDP candidate
Norm Jamison by almost 4,000 votes. ==References==