In 1950 he was elected Secretary of the Staff Side of the Magistracy Division of the Civil Service and followed that in 1955 by being elected to the Executive of the Civil Service Association(CSA) representing the Eastern Counties.
In 1950, he was elected to the position of Secretary of the Staff Side of the Magistracy Division of the Civil Service and subsequently became a member of the Executive of the Civil Service Association (CSA) in 1955, representing the Eastern Counties.