He defeated PC incumbent John Thomas Wolfe in the 1991 general election, and represented the riding for one term. The Assiniboia-Gravelbourg riding was dissolved before the next general election, so Draper ran for the riding of Thunder Creek, but lost to Liberal Gerard Aldridge.
In the 1991 general election, Draper outperformed PC candidate John Thomas Wolfe and served one term in the now-extinct Assiniboia-Gravelbourg riding before attempting to win over voters in the Thunder Creek riding, where he ultimately lost to Liberal Gerard Aldridge.