 He received his BA from St. Dunstan's University in 1964 and was a school teacher until 1967, when he returned to school to get his law degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1970.He practiced law in PEI from 1970 to 1975, when he was named to the provincial court as a judge.He resigned in 1977 to return to private practice until 1981, when he was appointed to the PEI Supreme Court.