 He remained a national leader of this organisation up to 1951.Candidate for deputy on several occasions presented by his party, he was designated for candidacy in the Fifth District of Versailles in Seine-et-Oise for the general elections of 1936.Leading in the first ballot with 7,353 votes out of 22,092 constituents as the Popular Frontcandidate benefitting from withdrawals from the left, he was elected on the second ballot with 12,640 votes, his opponent on the right receiving 9,142 votes.