Savard was called to the Quebec bar in 1886 and practised law in Chicoutimi.
In 1889, he married Marie-Louise Dufresne.
He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec at the general elections of 1890.
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Chicoutimi—Saguenay in the general elections of 1891, but was unseated.
A Liberal, he was re-elected in the general elections of 1896 and was defeated in 1900.
He died in Chicoutimi at the age of 44.His brother Edmond also served as a member of the House of Commons.