He served as the borough mayor of Verdun in the city of Montreal, Quebec from 2002 to 2012.

[1] He was reelected as Verdun borough mayor in 2009, following the 2009 Montreal municipal election and quit that post on December 4, 2012, stating that he was disenchanted with the fickle nature of political life in light of the "circus" following former mayor Gérald Tremblay's departure, referring to new Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum and what he called the "betrayal" of his fellow city councillors.

He was named to the Montreal Executive Committee as the person responsible for public safety.

[1] He studied at Collège Saint-Viateur in Outremont before receiving a law degree from Université de Montréal in 1967.

He obtained a master's degree from the London School of Economics in 1969.