He was a lawyer by career.
He represented the Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine electoral district following his victories in the 1979 federal election and again in 1980.
Bujold was defeated in the 1984 federal election by Darryl Gray of the Progressive Conservative party.
In the 1988 federal election, he campaigned for the Quebec East riding but again lost to a Progressive Conservative candidate.