Career
He introduced the Private Member"s Bill in 1982 which amended the Holidays Acting to change the name of Canada"s national holiday from "Dominion Day" to "Canada Day". Born in London, England, he joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 and took flight training in Canada in 1941. He eventually became a partner with a Montreal construction firm.
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election representing the riding of Vaudreuil.
A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1974, 1979, and 1980. He was defeated in 1984.
In 1978, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works. In 1984, he was the Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole.