A Conservative, he was defeated in 1927.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Chambly-Verchères in the 1930 federal election.
A Conservative, he was the Minister of Marine from 1930 to 1935 and the Minister of Fisheries (Acting) from 1932 to 1934.
From 1935 until his death in 1951, he was a judge on the Superior Court of Quebec.