[4] During his mandate, he collaborated with Val-d'Or mayor André Pelletier to build a bypass around the city.

He was also vice-president of the council of deputies of the Parti Québécois[5] and Chairman of the Committee on Economics and Labor prior to his defeat in 1985.

During this time, demonstrators had been demanding the reopening of a factory, which had closed its doors the year prior.

[6] Workers who had been laid off set up camp outside his office and condemned his absence in the drive to reopen the factory.

[2] In October 2013, he wrote the book Parole de gauchers alongside Léandre Normand.