Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An horar da shi a Prince of Wales Collegiate kuma ya yi aiki a wasu ayyukan aiki na tsawon shekaru, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama mai shirya ma'aikata. A kusan lokaci guda, shi da ɗan'uwansa Charlie sun kafa wata mujallar adabi da ake kira "Protocol". Farawa a 1948 ya yi aiki tare da Joey Smallwood a yakin neman zabe
don kawo Newfoundland cikin Confederation. Daga 1949 zuwa 1951, ya kasance memba na Majalisar Newfoundland, yana zaune a matsayin memba na Labrador don 'yanci na Smallwood. Bayan barin siyasa ya fara rubuta rubutun siyasa don jaridar "Telegram na Maraice". Kodayake ya goyi bayan Smallwood da farko, a tsakiyar shekarun 1950 ya zama daya daga cikin manyan masu sukar firaministan.