Career
Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, he first ran for public office in the 1867 federal election in the Quebec riding of Joliette but lost to François Benjamin Godin. A Conservative, he was acclaimed in the 1872 elections. However he was unseated on petition on June 11, 1874.
He was re-elected in the resulting 1874 by-election and re-elected in 1878.
From 1878 to 1880, he was the Minister of Inland Revenue. From 1881 to 1896, he was the judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal.