He was vice-president for two insurance companies and the Champlain Paper Box Company and served as director for a number of companies, including the Shawinigan Water and Power Company, the Saint Lawrence Cement Company (now part of Holcim) and the Dow Brewery.He was appointed to the Senate on 27 December 1946 as nominated by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and remained in that role until his death on 16 February 1966.