During his UBC days Anderson won a silver medal for rowing in the 1960 Olympic Games, and a silver medal in the Pan American Games in Chicago in 1959.
He was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Esquimalt Saanich.
He was appointed as Minister of Revenue and later as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
He was also a pilot in the University Reserve of the Royal Canadian Air Force (URTP).
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