 On 15 April 1875 at Saint-Jacques Cathedral in Montreal, he married Carolina-Angélina Dessaulles, with whom he would have ten children From 1899 to 1905, he was the president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society.In 1902, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec.A Liberal, he served until his death in 1933.