 He was defeated in the 1976 election.A member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the ridings of Sainte-Marie (later Montreal—Sainte-Marie), and Laurier—Sainte-Marie, he was elected in the 1979, 1980, 1984, and 1988 federal elections.A Liberal, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works from 1982 to 1984.