 After this, he ran in the 1993 federal election for the Bloc Québécois.He was elected into the House of Commons of Canada as the member from Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans.He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections (in the riding of Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans) and in the 2004 federal election (in the riding of Charlevoix—Montmorency).