Pronovost ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice in 1988 and was elected. He was the first member of his party to be sent to the House of Commons by voters of that district in decades.
Political Downfall
He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament, but was charged and convicted regarding sexual assaults on young males.[2] He left his party to sit as an Independent on 17 June1993 and did not run for re-election in 1993.