Biografía
He arrived in the Okanagan in the 1860s.
He and his brother were partners with Charles Frederick Houghton dissolving the relationship in 1869 when they took over the Coldstream Ranch.
He bought out his brother in 1872.
He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for British Columbia for Yale East in 1875.
In 1876 he was a Member of the Executive Council and was appointed as the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works.
He was defeated in the election of 1894. Later he became a major shareholder in the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway, completed in 1892.
He was appointed as the Agent General for British Columbia in London UK 1894-99.
Servicio militar
He served in the Lancashire Fusiliers.
Referencias
Walker, Elizabeth (1999)
