In his 77 years, His Honour has served in many roles: lawyer, minister in Liberal Joey Smallwood's provincial cabinet; minister in Progressive Conservative Frank Moores' provincial cabinet; federal cabinet minister in the Clark and Mulroney governments; and chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, to name just a few.
En 77 ans, Son Honneur a occupé de nombreuses fonctions : avocat, ministre du Cabinet provincial libéral de Joey Smallwood, ministre du Cabinet provincial progressiste-conservateur de Frank Moores, ministre du Cabinet fédéral des gouvernements de Joe Clark et de Brian Mulroney et chancelier de l'Université Memorial de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, pour n'en nommer que quelques-unes.