He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election and re-elected in 1974. He did not run for re-election in 1979, but attempted to return to the House of Commons in the 1980 election.
He entered politics initially in the 1972 Canadian federal election and was re-elected in 1974. He did not seek re-election in 1979, but made an effort to get back into the House of Commons in the 1980 election.