He became a member of the first Belfast Road Board, was elected president of the Belfast Shire Council, made a justice of the peace in 1864, and sat in the Legislative Assembly for Villiers and Heytesbury from 1880 till April 1892, when he was defeated.
He became a member of the first Belfast Road Board, was elected president of the Belfast Shire Council, made a justice of the peace in 1864. Anderson sat in the Legislative Assembly for Villiers and Heytesbury from 1880 till April 1892, when he was defeated.