Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akadzidza paPrince of Wales Collegiate uye akashanda mumabasa akasiyana-siyana kwemakore anoverengeka, ayo pakupedzisira akamutungamirira kuva murongi webasa. Panenge panguva imwe cheteyo, iye nomunun'una wake Charlie vakatanga magazini yokunyora inonzi "Protocol". Kutanga muna 1948 akashanda pamwe chete naJoey Smallwood mu
nhimbe yokuunza Newfoundland muConfederation. Kubva muna 1949 kusvika muna 1951, aive nhengo yeNewfoundland House of Assembly, achigara senhengo yeLabrador yeSmallwood's Liberals. Pashure pokusiya zvematongerwe enyika akatanga kunyora chinyorwa chezvematongerwe enyika chepepanhau re"Evening Telegram". Kunyange zvazvo akatsigira Smallwood pakutanga, pakazosvika pakati pema1950 akanga ava mumwe wevanotsoropodza zvikuru mutungamiriri wehurumende.