Biography
He was educated as a lawyer.
He was the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Trois Rivieres PQ (First elected in the g.e. of 1949 and again in 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962).
He was appointed as the Solicitor General of Canada in 1957 and as the Minister of Transport in 1960. A few months before the 1965 election, he left his party and sat as an Independent, claiming that "there is no place for a French Canadian in the party of Mr. Diefenbaker."
Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 16/02/1942).
He served in HMC ML-05.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 13/10/1942).
In 1944 he served in HMCS Annan. (He was demobilized.)
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
