He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Jean-Lesage from 2007 to 2008.
He graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in 1999 where he obtained a bachelor and a master's degree in business administration.
In the community, he worked for the Quebec Fondation for cystic fibrosis and made promotion tours in the United States for promoting French in community organization and schools.
Liberal incumbent and cabinet member Michel Després finished second with 29% of the vote.
Gosselin was a candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2012 election.