He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Montréal–Saint-Louis in 1939. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1944. He resigned in 1947, when he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Cartier in a 1947 by-election called when Fred Rose's seat was declared vacant by a resolution of the House of Commons.
He won a seat in the Quebec Legislative Assembly in Montréal–Saint-Louis in 1939. As a Liberal, he was re-elected in 1944. He stepped down in 1947 to take a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in Cartier, which became available after Fred Rose's resignation due to a House of Commons resolution.