Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tama a William J. Higgins, i ako a Higgins i te Whare Wānanga o St. Bonaventure, a, i karangatia ki te Bar i te marama o Hanuere, 1931. I te tau 1946 i pootihia ia e te rohe o St. John's East hei tetahi o nga tangata e toru hei tohu i taua rohe ki te Newfoundland National Convention. He anti-Confederate, i tukuna ia ki Ottawa i te Hune 1947 hei waahanga o te roopu ki te tautuhi i nga whiringa ki te whakauru ki Kanata. I te mea kaore i tino whakapono, i tohe ia mo te Kawanatanga Kawenga i te wa o te
ngā pōtitanga o te tau 1948.