Joined the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second World War. 

Mentioned in Dispatches emblem (left)

Trout was owner and manager of Trout Chev-Olds for many years, taking over the business from his father following his retirement.

Gregg was the Mayor of Estevan from 1968 to 1970. Trout's run as mayor lasted for only one term as he was defeated at the polls by Ida Petterson, Estevan first female mayor who assumed office in 1971. His run with the public school board though, was more extensive having been elected from 1958 through to the 1970s before exiting that role a few years after ECS was built. The resource centre in ECS is named in his honour.

The building across the street from the Legion also bears his name and is currently used by the RCMP as an office building.
 

Trout was an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion and Matte said that he believed Trout had a lot to do with the design of the current Legion Hall, business offices and clubroom complex along Fourth Street, thanks to his engineering skills. Gregg was Legion president in 1956.