 Collins worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, hosting "Island Morning" on CBCT-FM in Charlottetown from 1983 until April 2003.Following his retirement, Collins joined the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party and was nominated as the party's candidate for the electoral district of Winsloe-West Royalty in the summer of 2003.He was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2003 general election held on September 29 and served until his defeat in 2007.