In 1955 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member .
A Labor Party member from around 1906 , he was secretary and president of the Port Macquarie branch and a local alderman from 1959 to 1964 .
In 1955 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor Party member .
A Labor Party member from around 1906 , he was secretary and president of the Port Macquarie branch and a local alderman from 1959 to 1964 .