 He was also a hockey enthusiast and served as vice-president of Quebec's senior amateur hockey league for more than two decades.He was also director of the National School of Theatre and helped gain the 1967 World's Fair for Montreal (which became known as Expo 67).Drouin ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1949 federal election against Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent in the riding of Quebec East but was defeated by St. Laurent by 18,000 votes.